LA CHANCELLERIE

Wonderful hosts who seamlessly ensure that the guests all enjoy a comfortable and peaceful stay, good food and wine for Supper, great clean rooms within a fabulous house set in lovely Soirée Valley village...Highly Recommended!

Good points for self catering at ‘le cottage’ at La Chancellerie - |Grounds of main house and setting are very pretty |Really nice village that’s walkable with a bistro/ bar, bakery and epicerie|Interesting villages and castles nearby|Some essentials supplied in the self catering cottage - shower gel, oil, salt, washing up liquid, towels, paper towels, toilet roll |The bathroom was modern enough||Bad points - over priced, out dated facilities, bedroom had conjoining door to another guest bedroom, damp smell throughout. Please note we are tolerant people but we paid for 5 nights at over €160 a night for two of us and a dog. We stayed 4 nights and left a day early. This accommodation was meant to be our holiday treat and it was not! All our other accommodation in France was €80-100 per night and was much better equipment and host were much more accommodating. ||When we arrived there was no reception sign so we parked up and walked around until someone came out. There was no major welcome and certainly no offer of ‘nothing is any trouble’ - we were simply told a list of things not to do. Bertrand tried to charge us for an extra night and was extremely arrogant when I questioned the bill, but granted his wife dealt with the situation better and amended the bill. We did not complain about the cottage at the time, it should have been cleaned properly before we arrived and I can only assume that the owners didn’t notice any of the smells as they lived there and were possibly nose blind to damp and musty stench.||As soon as the door of the cottage opened the damp smell was apparent, but it’s old so we thought we can deal with the smell. But the amount of cobwebs was unbelievable as if the place hadn’t been used in months, or maybe just not cleaned properly in a long time. One day I bent down to switch on a lamp and put my face into a cobweb! We had a keep the windows open all the time because of the damp smell, the cottage and everything in it generally smelled old and musty. ||The facilities and applicances in the cottage were mostly old and some didn’t work. There was an ironing board but no iron, it felt like it was were the owners left all the old broken stuff from their house! There was no manual, just instructions for WiFi that’s all. ||Our bedroom had a conjoining door to another bedroom! Although there was a wardrobe in front of this door, we could hear the other guests yawning! We could certainly hear their conversations. On most days there was only one other person or a couple staying and they always seemed to be in this room even though I’m guessing there were numerous other rooms to choose from. ||As I said we paid over €160 a night, over €800 in total - we didn’t expect the Four Seasons but we expected better than what we got. I have really thought hard about leaving this review but I wish more people would be honest… if so we would not have booked this accommodation. ||Some people just are not suited for the hospitality business. ||My advice - AVOID!

Over priced, out dated facilities, bedroom had conjoining door to another guest bedroom, damp smell throughout. We paid for 5 nights at over €160 a night for two of us and a dog. We stayed 4 nights, left a day early. This accommodation was meant to be our holiday treat and it was not!

There was no major welcome and certainly no offer of ‘nothing is any trouble’ - we were simply told a list of things not to do. We did not complain about the cottage at the time, it should have been cleaned properly before we arrived and I can only assume that the owners didn’t notice any of the smells as they lived there and were possibly nose blind to damp and musty stench.

The amount of cobwebs was unbelievable as if the place hadn’t been used in months, or maybe just not cleaned properly in a long time. One day I bent down to switch on a lamp and put my face into a cobweb! We had a keep the windows open all the time because of the damp smell, the cottage and everything in it generally smelled old and musty.

The facilities and applicances in the cottage were mostly old and some didn’t work. There was an ironing board but no iron, it felt like it was were the owners left all the old broken stuff from their house! There was no manual, just instructions for WiFi that’s all.

Our bedroom had a conjoining door to another bedroom! Although there was a wardrobe in front of this door, we could hear the other guests yawning! We could certainly hear their conversations, every word.

As I said we paid over €160 a night, over €800 in total - we didn’t expect the Ritz but we expected better than what we got. I have really thought hard about leaving this review but I wish more people would be honest… if so we would not have booked this accommodation.

Some people just are not suited for the hospitality business.

My advice - AVOID!

Mooie omgeving en mooie ambiance. Prachtige tuin. Riante en sfeervolle verblijven. Toegewijde gastheer en gastvrouw. Een aanrader!

Un accueil chaleureux dans une magnifique demeure ; des propriétaires à l’écoute et disponibles . Nous avons beaucoup aimé l’authenticité des lieux ainsi que le délicieux dîner ! |Nous reviendrons avec plaisir , mais avec le beau temps !! Merci à vous !