4/10 Poor
Katy A.
4 Sept 2019
Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Cleanliness
Family of 6, August 2019
We stayed with our 4 children in this house for 11 nights in August 2019.
Positives:
The swimming pool is well maintained, there are roman steps leading into the pool which the youngest children could play on and the water was beautifully warm. The house is spacious. There is a double bedroom with an open staircase leaving to 4 single beds in the eaves. There are a further 2 double beds and 2 single beds. The garden is large and private with fruit trees in it. The television is huge (kids loved it) and WiFi works well in the kitchen/living area. The area is in a beautiful area (not a tourist area), there is small supermarket a 5 minute drive away and larger supermarkets 15/20 minute drive away. We visited the lovely towns of Sezanne, Provins and Nogent sur Seine as well as local Brocantes/flea sales. The family living directly opposite were available to help with any issues.
Negatives:
The decking around the pool is in poor condition. The children got numerous splinters (bring tweezers) and we had to constantly remind them to wear sandals. We had a problem with ants in the toilet and bedrooms on arrival, we bought ant spray in a large supermarket which solved that problem after a couple of days.
There were a lot of flies ('mouches') inside and outside possibly as there are farms and cows on both sides and the weather was hot. As soon as we got out of the pool to sit on the loungers there would be 20-30 flies buzzing around trying to land on everyone, so we could not make use of the outside seating at all. We were warned at check-in to keep the house doors closed because there are lots of flies but we underestimated the issue . Even opening the door to go in and out to the pool meant we had literally hundreds of flies in the house each day. We had to buy 4 tins of fly spray and sticky fly trap paper and as a result had to vacuum dead flies many times each day (not what you want on holiday). The owner cannot prevent the flies but if fly spray and electric fly killer equipment/lights etc were available it would have made it more comfortable/bearable. The flies were a constant issue. Similarly, because we had to keep the doors closed, the house was very hot inside. An air conditioning unit or fans would have helped.
In summary, the house is in a beautiful area, well equipped with a lovely warm pool but we could not make full use of the outdoor area and had to clean/vacuum a lot because of flies.
Katy A.
Stayed 11 nights in Aug 2019
