Next door is an entirely separate sitting room (séjour), also with a large wood burning stove and comfortable sofas. This leads into the main ground floor bedroom wing, where there are four bedrooms and three bathrooms. Two of the bedrooms have French windows to the garden; the one with the en suite bathroom is suitable for those with reduced mobility. Three of the rooms have twin 3' beds and the fourth a double bed.

At the other end of the house there is a double-storied wing. On the ground floor is a large playroom, with an all weather ping-pong table (it can be taken on to a terrace, if the playroom is needed as a bedroom), a toy box and 1 sofa bed (which converts to a 4’ double) and 2 full sized x 2 bunk beds. Above the playroom is a landing with a drop-side cot, and a large master bedroom, with a king-sized double bed and an en-suite bathroom.

L'Eyssalle is a family house, used and loved by the family for much of the year and it has been equipped and furnished as such. The bedrooms are carpeted and curtained with lined curtains (including blackout lining for the playroom and landing). There are electric blankets on all the beds, as well as duvets and pillows. The sejour and central room have terracotta quarry tiles. The furniture is a mixture of antique family furniture, some French antiques and good quality modern furniture. The equipment is mostly new and of good quality (Miele, Bosch, etc). And we believe everything that might be wanted by any occupant is there - dishwasher, 2 fridges (one with a freezer and ice cube making facilities), a gas fired Range cooker with 5 burners and a large oven, microwave, electric beaters, good knives and saucepans etc, as well as a large washing machine and tumble drier.

We have ample plates, cutlery, glasses, dishes, jugs ......we don't count them, but rely on guests to replace things they break. Every one has so far! We have a high chair and an attachable child's chair, drop-side cot and new travel cot etc. There is a cupboard full of games for a rainy day, a dressing up box and bookshelves full of books. We also have a good CD player in the sejour and a portable CD player, but no television because we believe it would destroy the atmosphere.

French windows from the kitchen lead on to a large roofed terrace, with long trestle tables and barbecues for alfresco eating, from there a path leads to a walled and fenced 12 m x 6m swimming pool with an electronic alarm, another covered terrace alongside and a petanque (boules) pitch at the end. This area has a lockable gate and the pool is adequately safe for small children, although a determind, disobedient, unsupervised child could still probably climb over the wall (but with difficulty through vicious roses!). We have our own, full size, quick drying hard tennis court and adult and children's bicycles for tenants' to use. Our own grounds are largely grass slopes and terraces with trees, shrubs and a few flower beds.