Horizons Vendeens

Yesterday, a representative of “Gîtes de France” from Vendée came and check the both gites and the interior pool in the Horizons vendéens in Pouzauges. The target of this “visit” was to control:

• the compliance of the gites, the pool and their environment with their quality criteria,
• the respect for the plans before works and now,
• the quality of materials chosen for the restoration,
• the quality of furniture and household appliances for the comfort of tourists.

The goal of this meeting was also to enter the gites and the interior pool for the quality label of ”Gîtes de France”. Papers will be sent soon and the contract with Gîtes de France will take effect straight away.

Yesterday, we received the 2 signs -1 for each gite- of the quality label logo

with the inscription to be put up underneath ”GITE RURAL”.

From the sigature of the contract, the gites from Horizons vendéens will appear on the website of the “Gîtes de France”.

After this visit for the entry for the quality label “Gîtes de France“, a second one will be scheduled in order to have the classification of each gite, with at least 3 earth of wheat…

Now with the quality label “Gîtes de France“, we should to make our website available soon…

Otherwise, for further details and bookings for your next holidays in our gites with interior pool, do not hesitate to contact us:

• by mail: contact@horizons-vendeens.fr
• by phone : 00 33 (0)6 23 00 13 67

In the last post, we said that the gite has been almost ready for you, tourists. So after having stuck the wall tiles and made seals, we can show you now some photos from the bathroom. Toilets have the same wall tiles.

Let’s go and see in the Horizons vendéens inside this gite:

From the door towards the shower:

From the shower towards the 2 sinks:

From the 2 sinks towards the door:

If you need further detailsabout the gites and the pool, do not hesitate to contact us:

• by mail: contact@horizons-vendeens.fr

• by phone: 00 33 (0)6 23 00 13 67

After the connection of the gite with lelectricity, the insulation on the roof timber, insulation and covering with wood panelling was to be done in the ceiling of the living room of the gite “La Gentilhommière”.

Hereafter, you can see photos of the white ceiling:

In this gite, it remains to test the heating floor with the heat pump, to connect phone, to make beds, to furnish kitchen and living room and to take photos in order to encourage you to come and take holidays in our gites in Horizons vendéens.

For further details, do not hesitate to contact us:

• by mail: contact@horizons-vendeens.fr

• by phone: 00 33 (0)6 23 00 13 67

Let’s disclose the Horizons vendéens outside, just in front of the gites and the pool, just before sowing the lawn and preparing the parkings for cars -near the entry:

Photos are taken from the gite 2 -”la Gentilhommière”- towards pool, then towards and from the gite 1 -”l’Hosterie”-, the the entry of the area towards the gite 2.

For any further details about the gites and the pool, please let us know:

• by mail: contact@horizons-vendeens.fr

• by phone: 00 33 (0)6 23 00 13 67

After having shown photos in the pool with the strengthened covering and the beginning of water filling, I have promised to speak about tiles  in the gite 2, “la gentilhommière”.

Our choice for tiles in the gite: to keep the old style. The first idea was to have terracotta, because of the colour, red graduation which blends well with the stone walls and more particularly better than a white or beige tile. But for a pratical matter, as well as for me -owner of the gites- as for you -tourists on holiday-, a tile should be easy to clean and should not be a constraint. So, the chosen tile looks like terracota for its warm colour but a tile for its easy cleaning.

Moreover, the choice of this tile was above all for the living room -which takes up more than the half of the gite- but in order to avoid to have several tiles -materials and colour- in the other rooms, we have prefered to get the same quality in all rooms of the gite. In your next visits in les Horizons vendéens, let us kow your comments and if our choice was judicious.

Living room, lounge side of the gite:

Living room with the quiet spot:

Living room with the dining room:

Kitchen:

Bathroom of the gite:

For any further details about the gites and the interior pool, please let us know:

• by mail: contact@horizons-vendeens.fr

• by phone: 00 33 (6) 23 00 13 67

This week, how can we see that works have been going on in the “Horizons vendéens” for the gites and the interior pool? The answer cannot be categorical because craftspeople work hard on both sides:

• tiles on the floor are almost finished in the gite 2 “la gentilhommière”, where only remain any seals to do.

• works in the pool, with the white strengthened covering and the beginning of the water filling.

Today, I prefer showing you the pool… the next post will relate you the tiles of the gite.

So if you come into the pool space by the door -oly reserved for the gite 1 “l’hosterie”- you can see hereafter this:

So if you come into the pool space by the door -oly reserved for the gite 2 “la gentilhommière”- you will see this:

Please wait once week more before diving in the pool, just on one hand, to have the pool entirely filled with water and on the other hand, to warm water.

For further details on the gites and the interior pool, let us know:

• either by mail: contact@horizons-vendeens.fr

• or by phone: 00 33 (6) 23 00 13 67

I have forgotten to mention you a craftsman -who will work for us in the next few weeks- in our partners’ details for the restoration of the gites and the pool.

In order to secure the mezzanine, we needed getting a banister, and to keep the character of this gite, we should appeal a craftsman working with the wrought iron. Indeed, a banister made of another material could alter the character of the house. Moreover, the wrought iron has the advantage of not warping in time and of being thougher, compared with wood for example.

The chosen company is l’ACMIF; with this following link (http://acmif.com/), you can see its abilities, skills and works.

Before the banister will be in the gite, you can find below a sketch:

For any further details about the gites and the interior pool, let us know with:

• contact@horizons-vendeens.fr

• or by phone: 00 33 (6) 23 00 13 67

For the gite 2, “la gentilhommière”, we have been waiting impatiently for the works of cleaning out the walls so that we have been able to get a more precise idea of this gite. Indeed, it has been hard since almost 1 year to imagine this stone building, from ruin to a residential “use”. Unfortunately, weather did not help us today for the photos…

The front façade of the gite “La gentilhommière:

The gable end wall of the gite:

For further details about the gites and the interior and common pool, let us know your requirements:

• by email: contact@horizons-vendeens.fr

• by phone: 00 33 (6) 23 00 13 67