Welcome booklet

To make your preparations easier, here are a few supplies to bring along:

• Toilet paper: There are 6 toilets (5 in the house and 1 in the annexe)
• Shampoo and soap for the shower (there's solid soap on every sink)
• Rubbish bags: bring your own rubbish bags. 30L
• Dishwashing detergent and dishwasher detergent
• Detergent for the washing machine
• Sponges
• Groceries: We can collect your groceries from the drive-through at La Châtaigneraie before you arrive and put them in the fridge or cupboards to save you the hassle of shopping. Price: €75 Drive Super U, Drive Intermarché
• Coffee: Dosettes pour cafetière Senseo. Café moulu et filtres N°4 pour cafetière traditionnelle.
• Slippers for inside the gîte (as in Asia, leave your shoes in the cloakroom at the entrance for optimum comfort)
• Water shoes/boots and swimming costume for children who want to explore in the stream

Supplied:

• 4 Tea towels
• Towels and bath mats
• Bed linen: beds will be made up on arrival
• Hand soap on sinks and washbasins

The inventory of fixtures takes place at 9.45 a.m. for a departure at 10 a.m. in order to prepare the gîte for the next arrival. Please let us know in case of early departure.

 Cleaning Final cleaning is included, but before departure you will be asked to

• Empty the fridge and freezer,
• Empty the bins (kitchens & bathrooms), sort them and put the bags in the bins provided in the building next to the laundry room,
• Remove ashes from the barbecue and stove (bucket and shovel in the courtyard and in the bin)

Tourist tax : Pay tourist tax (current rate, payable to the Treasury)

Opinion : If you would like to give us a helping hand, an opinion on GoogleTripAdvisor or on our social networks (Facebook, Instagram) will be very useful to us.

By car : Address to enter in your browser (Google Maps, Waze) - Le Moulin des Etrebières, 2 Les Etrebières, 85390 Cheffois

By plane : Nearest airports :

• Nantes Atlantique (100 km, 1h15)
• La Rochelle - Ile de Ré (80 km, 1h15)
• Poitiers-Biard (95 km, 1h30)
• Niort - Marais Poitevin aerodrome (62 km, 1h)
• Paris Charles de Gaulle (436 km, 4h40)
• Orly (406 km, 4h)

In train Nearest TGV stations. Booking website SNCF.

• La Roche-sur-Yon (55 km, 50 min)
• Niort (55 km, 55 min)
• Cholet (60 km, 55 min)
• Nantes (96 km, 1h15)
• La Rochelle (80 km, 1h20)
• Poitiers (100 km, 1h40)

By boat Nearest seaports

• Port of La Rochelle (82 km, 1h15)
• Port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire (160 km, 1h55)

The main house has 3 or even 3.5 levels!

The entrance is via the terrace and the large living room on level 2.5. From here, you climb 3 steps to reach level 2 and then level 1 or 3 by going up or down the staircase.

Level 1 (alley) : tiled floor

• Bedroom 1 Bedroom 1: approx. 12 m2 with an east-facing window overlooking the mill, a large wardrobe and a pretty niche behind the headboard. The shower room (with a very large walk-in shower) and separate toilet are shared with bedroom 2. Double bed (160cm) or two twin beds (80cm).
• Bedroom 2 Kitchen: approx. 12 m2 with a glazed door to the east giving access to the lane and the old water mill. It has a large cupboard and a stone wall. The shower room (with a very large walk-in shower) and separate toilet are shared with bedroom 1. Double bed 160cm or twin beds 80cm.
• Bedroom 3 It is approximately 16 m2 in size, with an east-facing window overlooking the mill, a glazed door leading to the lane, a cupboard and a small study. It has its own en-suite shower room with toilet and walk-in shower. Double bed (160cm) or two twin beds (80cm).

Level 2 (near the living room) : parquet flooring

• Bedroom 4 Kitchen: approx. 12 m2 with two windows and a cupboard. One window faces south onto the terrace and garden, the other east onto the mill. The shower room (with walk-in shower) and separate toilet are shared with bedroom 5. Double bed (160cm) or two twin beds (80cm).
• Room 5 Kitchen: approx. 12 m2 with an east-facing window overlooking the mill. It has its own cupboard and a stone wall. The shower room (with walk-in shower) and separate toilet are shared with bedroom 4. Double bed (160cm) or two twin beds (80cm).
• Room 6 This bedroom is approximately 16 m2 with an east-facing window overlooking the mill, a large cupboard and a small study. It has its own en-suite shower room with toilet and walk-in shower. Double bed (160cm) or two twin beds (80cm).

Level 3 (attic) : parquet flooring

• Room 7 Kitchen: approx. 32 m2 with a roof window (velux) with roller shutter and 3 small windows with blackout curtains, one facing south and the other two east. There are two cupboards and a storage area. It has its own en-suite bathroom with toilet and bath. There is a 90cm single bed in an alcove with a curtain for privacy, and a 160cm double bed that can be split into two 80cm twin beds. This room sleeps 3 people.

Appendix :

• Room (level 2) Parquet flooring. Approx. 17 m2 with an east-facing window overlooking the mill. It has its own cupboard and a stone wall. It has its own en-suite shower room with toilet and walk-in shower. Double bed (160cm) or two twin beds (80cm).
• Living room/kitchen (level 1) Living room: tiled floor. approx. 20 m2 with a 160cm sofa bed (comfort mattress) that can accommodate two extra people. The living room has a large glazed door to the east giving access to the lane. The kitchen provides a water point in the room. To access the shower room, you need to go upstairs to the bedroom.

Wifi Wifi is available inside the gîtes via fibre and freebox. Network : XXX Password : XXX

Browsing is the sole responsibility of the user. It is forbidden to consult websites and pages with prohibited content such as pornography, paedophilia, racism or incitement to violence. Similarly, it is forbidden to copy works protected by copyright.

Vegetable garden Depending on the season, you can pick your own vegetables from the kitchen garden and fruit from the orchard. The cost is €2 per kg of fruit and vegetables.

Linen Bed linen: Beds are made up on arrival (sheet, fitted sheet, duvet, pillowcase, footboard) with 2 pillows per person.

                 Bathroom linen: 1 bathmat per bathroom and 2 towels per person (shower + toilet) are provided.

                 Kitchen linen: 4 tea towels are provided, as well as a tea towel. tablecloth and napkins

Cleaning If you need cleaning staff during your stay, please contact Amandine Moresmau in Cheffois (07 63 78 24 47).

End-of-stay cleaning is included in the rental price. However, you must ensure that the following instructions are followed:

- Empty fridge, freezer and bins (kitchen and bathroom)

- Put away the dishwasher, clean the coffee machine and the high chairs.

- Remove ashes from the barbecue and wood-burning stove (receptacle next to the wood under the courtyard).

Made available : Books, board games, tourist information

- It is absolutely NO SMOKING in the buildings and dispose of cigarette butts on the ground outside. Please place butts in the earthen pot on the terrace and empty it into the rubbish bin at the end of your stay.

- Attach the shutters to prevent them from rattling.

- Sanitation of the house works with a lift pump. This breaks very easily if anything other than toilet paper and organic matter is put down the toilet. Tampon strings, wipes and sanitary towels are particularly harmful to the pump impellers and must be disposed of in the rubbish bin.. If you don't, you risk ruining your holiday with foul smells and a hefty repair bill.

- Using the wood-burning stove (between October and April) Wood is available in the courtyard to the north of the living room.

AttentionA wood-burning stove is not started in the same way as a fireplace. You first need to light a few small pieces of wood to warm up the flue (the height of the pile should not exceed the row of small holes in the wall at the back of the stove). Once this first fire has got off to a good start, you can add a large log. Tip: Only add one log at a time or you will get too hot. The stove heats up slowly but very strongly.

 To empty the ashtray at the end of your stay To remove the ash pan: Wait until the stove is cold, open the door under the stove using the handle, remove the ash pan like a drawer, empty it into the receptacle provided for this purpose under the canopy, replace the ash pan and close the door.

The various bins are in the small building in front of the terrace. Please put your bins there before leaving the gîte. Selective sorting is compulsory (view poster). Packaging must not be placed loose in the bin but in the yellow bags provided.

• Black-lidded bin: household waste in a bin liner
• Yellow-lidded bin: packaging in a yellow bin liner provided
• Green-lidded bin: loose glass bottles and containers (without corks, caps or lids)
• Crate: paper, letters, sheets, loose advertising leaflets
• Compost: organic waste (peelings, eggshells, coffee, tea, etc.). The compost bin is at the bottom of the garden near the plant purification unit.

• Supermarkets à La Chataigneraie: Super U (Open on Sunday mornings), Intermarché (Open on Sundays), Lidl
• Specialist shops : Les Vergers de Vendée (fruit & vegetables), Le Comptoir des Vins, La Pause Gout Thé (tea room, tea shop)
• Bread : 

Bakeries : Le Fournil du Rocher in Cheffois, The Mouilleron bakery in Mouilleron-St-Germain, The Wichman bakery at La Chataigneraie, 

Peasant bakers : Free leaven in Saint-Maurice-le-Girard, Le Fournil les lumières in St-Maurice-des-Noues

Distributor of chopsticks Mouilleron-St-Germain

• Local producers :

Producer shop : L'Esprit d'Ici in Terval

Market gardeners : Kitchen garden on a tenant farm in Cheffois, J'M C vegetables in Mouilleron

Goat's cheese : The P'tits Caprices farm in Terval

Charcuterie : Organic Pork at La Chataigneraie

Beer : Brasserie La Muette in Bazoges-en-Pareds,  Brasserie l'Asphodèle in Mervent,

Wine : Domaine Coirier in Pissotte, Domaine de la Barbinière in Chantonnay

Melusine producers

Markets              

• Restaurants see page 'In Vendéefor our nearby recommendations. Other nearby catering outlets if required :

- Cheffois : Le Taz' Bar + pizza dispenser

- Mouilleron St Germain : O Clem

- La Chataigneraie : Bistrot du Marché, Le Satellite (Super U cafeteria)

- Antigny: The Stelvio

• Caterers : Maison Bérode in Terval, L'Esprit d'Ici in Terval, Desiré Frisque in Mervent, Fauconnier catering in Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin

• Banks à La Chataigneraie : Crédit Agricole, Caisse d'Epargne, Crédit Mutuel Océan
• Tourist offices : Pays de la Chataigneraie Tourist Office, Pays de Pouzauges Tourist Office, Pays de Fontenay Tourist Office, Vouvant Tourist Information Office  
• Pressing à La Chataigneraie : La Maison du Linge
• Automotive services :

Garage : Garage Houssin in Cheffois

Petrol station 24h/24 : Super U or Intermarché at La Chataigneraie

Car wash 24h/24 : Super U or Intermarché at La Chataigneraie

Vehicle hire : U location at La Chataigneraie

• Well-being :  

Care : Un Temps pour Soi in Cheffois, Spa Marinelys at La Chataigneraie, Beauty workshop at La Chataigneraie,

Home massage Julie Vince, Wellandblue, 07 82 54 73 33

Hairstyle : S Magie Coiff in Cheffois, In cahoots with you in Cheffois

• Pharmacy : Beauregard Pharmacy, Laprée Pharmacy, Valmorin Pharmacyat La Chataigneraie
• Nearby hospitals : Collines Vendéennes Hospital La Chataigneraie (8 km)

                                                      Fontenay-le-Comte Hospital Centre (28 km)         

                                             Departmental hospital centre La Roche-sur-Yon (53 km)

• General practitionerséralists : Health centre, 5 place du Dr Jean Gaborit, La Châtaigneraie

PARIS Monique, 4 Cité du Pavé, Mouilleron St Germain, Tel : 02 51 00 34 18 -

• National Gendarmerie15 avenue Georges Clémenceau, La Chataigneraie, Tel : 0251696016
•  Churches and masses Saint Peter's Church in Cheffois, Church of Saint Hilaire in Mouilleron St Germain, Church of St Maurice in St Maurice-le-Girard,

                                                     Mass times

Nearby walks and activities : consult our page 'In Vendée'

Cycle hire :

Dispovelo - Bike hire, delivery and collection at the Moulin des Etrebières at the end of the hire period

Culture and Countryside - Electrically-assisted bike hire and guided tours to discover the natural and cultural heritage of the Vendée bocage.

Mervent water sports centre - Mountain bike hire.

Canine Pension : La Cabane des Loupiots in Cheffois

Pets are allowed in the gîte under the following conditions:

- The Tenant must obtain the explicit agreement of the Owner, specifying the number and type of pets;

- additional charges apply: €70 per pet per stay and a security deposit of €200 per pet

- Rules to be observed :

 - the animal will only be admitted in the laundry room and living room of the main house, but by no means in bedrooms, bathrooms and staircases;

 - the animal will stay on the floor and not climb on furniture, sofas, etc. ;

 - Under no circumstances sheets, duvets, cushions and other equipment for the use of Tenants may not be used to accommodate the animal;

 - the animal will not be left alone in the house. If the Tenant is going to be away for a short period, the pet may be left in the laundry room;

 - Pet faeces must be collected by the Tenant, wherever they are on the property.

As a reminder, the law of 9 July 1970 makes the presence of pets conditional on their not causing any damage to the accommodation.

- Toutes les fenêtres et placards sont équipés de rideaux.

- All bedrooms have blinds except the attic bedroom, which has blackout curtains.

LIVING ROOM IN THE MAIN HOUSE

Cloakroom Wardrobes with hanging space and shelves, shoe storage, coat hooks and a bench for putting on shoes.

Dining room 2 large tables and 15 chairs

Kitchen Central island with 6 bar stools

Fridge, induction hob with extractor fan, oven, microwave, bouilloire, grille-pain, cafetière Senseo, cafetière traditionnelle, pilon, robot avec accessoiresDishwasher, salad spinner, kitchen utensils, chopping board, corkscrew, bottle opener, crockery, cutlery, glasses (stemware and tableware, flutes), water jug, traytea towels, tablecloths and napkins, balai, pelle et balayette.

Salon Wood-burning stove, 55'' TV, bluetooth-enabled speakerlarge U-shaped sofa, 2 coffee tables, 2 poufs, 2 consoles, tourist literature

STORAGE and TERRACE

Washing machine, tumble dryer, freezer, iron, ironing board, drying rack, laundry basket, first-aid pharmacy, adaptateur (prise)Cleaning kit (bucket, mop, hoover, cleaning products), Weber charcoal barbecue +... utensils, 2 grandes table et 20 chaises.

Boot cleaner at the entrance to the terrace to clean your shoes after a walk.

ANNEXE LOUNGE/KITCHEN

Fridge, induction hob with extractor fan, oven, microwave, kettle, toaster, traditional coffee makerdishwasher, kitchen utensils, crockery, cutlery, glasses, water jug, tray, tea towels, hoover.

TV 28 ''sofa bed, coffee table, dining area with 4 chairs

ROOMS

The bedrooms are equipped with 2 80*200cm beds that can be converted into 160*200cm beds, 2 bedside lamps, a wardrobe with shelves and hanging space and at least 3 sockets. Beds are made up (sheet, fitted sheet, duvet, pillowcase, footboard) with 2 pillows per person.

BATHROOM / SHOWER ROOM

The bathroom (washbasin, bath + shower) and shower rooms (washbasin, walk-in shower) are equipped with towel rails and waste bins. Bathroom linen, comprising 1 bath mat + 2 towels per person (shower + toilet) is provided. There is a hairdryer on each floor.

CHILDREN/BABIES

High chairs, booster seats and cots are available on request. Card games, board games, toys and books are available.