La Maison des Vignes, Montouliers

Sleeps 14

£5,500 - £8,000 per week

On the edge of the tiny village of Montouliers with its narrow cobbled streets and surrounded by lush vineyards, Maison des Vignes is that rare commodity – a large, beautifully presented and immaculate house with its own wonderful gardens and pool, yet in a village with all amenities (including a shop, post office and village tennis court) within walking distance. This region of France is charming and completely unspoilt and there is masses to see and explore. The Canal du Midi is only 3km away and the house is only half an hour’s drive to the Mediterranean coast.

This is the French home of an English couple who split their time between Maison des Vignes, London and their UK country house. You can really feel their devotion to this home. They visit regularly in order to oversee the vineyard and pretty gardens overlooked by the house and to spend quality time with their friends, children and grandchildren – something for which French rural living is uniquely known.

The accommodation is exceptionally well designed and decorated with a formal dining room, comfortable sitting rooms and wonderful bedrooms, all of which have air conditioning. The kitchen is equipped to the highest standards and two of the bedrooms are in the separate and charming Guest House which also has its own kitchen and sitting room – perfect for grandparents, a separate small family or teenagers.

The mature gardens are particularly lovely with various dining and seating terraces, a lawned area and all with views over the surrounding vineyards and hillside. There is a good sized, gated swimming pool with a pool-side dining area and lots of space for everyone to find that perfect corner for a quiet drink or read of ones book!

Accommodation & Pricing

Price Guide 2019:

High Season (2 Jun – 8 Sep) £8,000 per week (inc. air conditioning, pool heating and electric
Mid Season (3 Mar – 2 Jun & 8 Sep – 27 Oct) £5,500 + electric and pool heating
Low Season by arrangement

Sleeps: 12 + 2 by arrangement

Main House – Ground Floor:

  • Double Bedroom (3)
  • Bathroom (bath, shower, basin and WC)
  • Twin/Double Bedroom (4)
  • Twin/Double Bedroom (5) with ensuite Shower Room (shower, basin, WC)
  • Double Bedroom (6) with ensuite Shower Room (shower, basin, WC)

First Floor:

  • Master Bedroom (1) with ensuite Bathroom (bath, shower, two basins, bidet & WC)
  • Double Bedroom (2)
  • Bathroom (bath, shower, basin, bidet & WC)

Guest House – First Floor:

  • 2 small Double Bedrooms
  • Shower Room (shower, basin & WC)

Services

  • Housekeeper
  • Gardener
  • Cook by arrangement

Facilities

  • Swimming Pool 12m. x 6m. (*pool heating June to October only) with retractable cover
  • WiFi
  • Air Conditioning
  • Family TV Room with large, flat screen TV (BBC/ITV + Sky all channels + Sky Sport) + DVD player
  • Mobile Barbecue
  • Boules
  • Tennis, golf, river and sea bathing, Canal du Midi cruises and horse riding nearby
  • Argeliers + Canal du Midi (small village, boucherie, grocer, small Saturday market, restaurant) 3km
  • Market towns of Bize Minervoi (tennis courts, restaurant, shops, pharmacy, Wednesday market, Minervois tourist train) 5 km
  • Cruzy (Friday market, shops, bank, dinosaur museum, wine cooperative, tennis courts) 6km
  • Capestang 12km
  • St Chinian 19km
  • Historic Cathar village of Minerve 18km
  • Regional centre Narbonne + TGV 23km
  • Coastal Valras Plage & Meze Bouziques – Bassin de Thau oyster beds & flamingos 42km

Location

  • Argeliers & Canal du Midi 3km
  • Bize Minervois 5km
  • Cruzy 6km
  • Capestang 12km
  • St. Chinian 19km
  • Minerve 18km
  • Narbonne & TGV 23 km

Airports:

  • Beziers 43km
  • Carcassonne 63km
  • Perpignan 87km
  • Montpellier 105km
  • Toulouse 158km

Please note that the map is only a general indicator of location

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What Sarah thinks:

“This is such an interesting area to explore and this is a beautiful home to make your base. The village café, which doubles up as the shop and meeting point, is a great bonus being a short stroll away.”               

Client Reviews:

“We found the house in immaculate condition with everything of the highest quality and spotless. Delia was excellent and her attention to detail was exemplary, she was helpful but also discrete and went about her work in a way that it was hard to notice she was there. Jerome provided excellent meals. The gardens were a blaze of colour and again in immaculate condition. The owners detail for design in the development/redevelopment of this property was outstanding.”

“Just to let you know we had a wonderful time at the house, everything worked perfectly.  Delia was very helpful and efficient and Jerome cooked us some wonderful meals.  Thank you and your team very much for making all the arrangements for us.  Hopefully you can organise something for us next year!”

“We loved the Maison…..  All was perfect – I can’t think of any thing that could be improved.”

“We had a wonderful week at La Maison…. What a lovely house. Delia and Jerome were both wonderful.”