The Barns, La Queyrelie, Azerat, Nr Hautefort.
Spacious 18th century barn converted to a large ground level house and an adjoining house with two floors and a mezzanine. Credit card payment accepted. Private pool. Sleeps 6 + 5.

The Main house sleeps up to 6 + infant in a cot, offered as an individual let or with optional additional accommodation in the adjoining Guest House. Each house has: a separate kitchen, living room, 2 bedrooms, a bathroom, a shower room, and a sofa bed in the living room. The Guest House is not offered as an individual let.

   

            

         

      

    If friends or family decide at the last moment to join you, the guest house will always be available for a late booking at a weekly or daily tariff.

The Main House

THE PROPERTY: which is approximately 300 years old and converted to a high standard, is decorated, furnished and equipped to provide a very comfortable home The spacious dry wall stone barn in hues of buff, rose and ochre is extremely pretty with a light airy interior aspect. The Main House, overlooking the private swimming pool, has a large living room (58m²), a separate fully equipped kitchen, two bedrooms one with a double and 2 single beds, a shower-room, a bathroom, and two toilets. It has very thick walls and mainly terracotta tiled floors to give a welcome cool retreat from the heat of the Périgord summer. For cooler days and evenings in the lower season there is a substantial glass fronted wood burning stove with an ample supply of logs. Central heating for both units is also available in the low season, subject to arrangement, at an additional charge. Although this house is on one level there are several flights of steps in the grounds. The high beamed living room has a hand carved stone fireplace housing a substantial glass fronted wood burning stove. Triple double glazed French windows lead onto a very large south facing suntrap terrace. Windows to either side of the fireplace overlook the pool, garden and valley. The room is comfortably furnished to include; ceiling fan, reading lamps, two writing desks, a six place dining table which extends to ten places, arm chairs, a 3 place settee and two 3 seater sofa beds. It has an open aspect inner lobby containing a large bookcase full of paperbacks. A satellite TV and a CD/tape player are provided. A 'pay as you go' mobile phone can be lent on payment of a refundable damages /loss deposit of 60 euros. Phone cards for the phone can be purchased locally.

There are two double bedrooms, both are carpeted and have good wardrobe space. Bedroom 1 has a double bed and an ensuite bathroom with a bath, hand basin and bidet, there is a separate w.c. outside of the suite. Bedroom 2 has a double bed and two single beds, and an adjacent w.c./shower-room.

A child's cot, cot linen and a child's highchair are available on request at no charge.

The separate kitchen is of a good size with ample work tops and is very well equipped to include a family size fridge/freezer, an upright freezer, a gaz oven with a four burner hob, micro wave oven, washing machine and a dishwasher. The kitchen window overlooks the pool, valley and garden. The kitchen door leads down to the second terrace which is laid to the width of the house and overlooks the pool and gives a panoramic view of the valley. This terrace connects to the south facing terrace via a gate. The established garden is on an incline of two levels with several flights of steps.

Click Here for Floor plan for the Main House.
Adjoining the Main House there is a spacious independent two bedroom guest house which is only let jointly with the Main House. There is no interconnecting interior door between the two houses.

The Guest House

The self contained guest house on three floors, has steps leading up to front door entering onto first floor: large, (approx.40m²) living room, the furniture in this room includes a 3 seater sofa bed. The bathroom with w.c. is on this floor, stairs leading up to a twin bedded mezzanine bedroom and stairs leading down to ground floor; 19 m² kitchen/diner , master bedroom with double bed and single bed and ensuite shower-room/w.c. The ground floor kitchen/diner looks onto paved terrace with covered eating area. This terrace interconnects to the Main House south-facing terrace and also gives access through a garden door to a parking area. There is outside terrace lighting. The Guest House is a conversion of the barn adjoining the Main House. The first and second floor are created out of a high slate roof mansard to retain a wealth of exposed original oak beams with optimum use of windows to give a spacious romantic living area overlooked by the mezzanine bedroom. The ground floor kitchen/diner has original oak beams and original stone wall with a glazed open aspect to the terrace. In addition to a satellite TV in the Main House there is a DVD player in the Guest House. The Guest House is only let jointly with the Main House. There are ceiling fans in the living room and the kitchen/breakfast room. Because the Guest House is laid to three floors with open tread staircases and a mezzanine bedroom this unit is not suitable for very young mobile children or for people who find stairs difficult. There is a washing machine but no dishwasher in the Guest House. The Guest house can be rented on daily basis for guests to the Main House.

The barely visible roof (middle left) pinpoints the house in the valley

The swimming pool, 9m x 4m with a uniform depth of 1.5m, overlooks the view of the valley from the pool side. It is completely fenced with a padlocked gate. The pool season normally runs from May until October. Sun loungers, garden furniture and sun umbrellas are provided and there is a good sized efficient barbecue. There is a full garden and pool maintenance service. Duvets, pillows and one set of bed linen per bed are supplied at no additional charge. Bed linen is changed weekly. House towels can be provided on request but pool towels are not provided. Logs are provided for the Main House in the low season. Central heating in the low season is available for both units subject to arrangement and is an additional charge. There is a smoke alarm and fire extinguisher in each house.

The Region

  Birds Eye View of the House       

LA QUEYRELIE: is a tiny hamlet nestling in the side of a beautiful valley and is situated at the end of a secluded country lane. It is not even shown on some maps! The lane is a no-through road. Although not far by car from the access to the new autoroute and the N89 as well as the D704 there is absolutely no traffic noise from these roads. There is a very popular restaurant within walking distance of La Queyrelie in the neighbouring village of Le Grand Coderc. The village of Azerat (approx. 5mins. drive) is not within comfortable walking distance other than for hill walking enthusiasts. Azerat only has one bar restaurant now but it does have a grocers/ post office, a swimming pool, a shady boules pitch and a tennis court. Thenon, a small market town, is about five minutes drive from Azerat and has several very good restaurants, a good selection of shops and a Tuesday morning market. St Rabier on the D704 (6 mins drive) has a grocers, a bar and two restaurants. There are several other very good restaurants locally with menus for a five course meal from around 12 euros often with wine included. The beautiful Chateau town of Hautefort and the lake Coucou are within 15 minutes drive. Our excellent local doctor in Hautefort is English speaking.

This is the home of prehistory and the sight seeing attractions range from the interesting to the spectacular. Although the pace of life is slow a wide range of activities can be enjoyed and include: Hot-air ballooning,   Paintball   or Quad bikes  at Hautefort, golf at Brive , canoing, horse riding, tennis, donkey rides, cycle hire, and fishing, all within easy reach. There are lazy boat rides along the rivers or for the more active, the large man made lake at Brive offers a wide variety of water sports. Thenon, our local market town, now boasts an adventure forest for the energetic, with various stages of difficulty of courses. See the web pages on this site for:Terrasson a beautiful ancient town, doorway to the Périgord Noir and the Vézère valley, Montignac and the Lascaux caves and our closest large town. Perigueux , the capital of the Dordogne. Terrasson is on the border of the Corrèze where can be discovered the ancient religious city of Rocamadour, see the photo for this on the page for places of interest . Enthusiastic building restoration is a passion in this region and there is much to be admired from the lovingly restored old buildings, which seem to be found in almost every hamlet or village, to the renovated old quarters of the towns.

This area of the Dordogne is between Hautefort, in the White Pèrigord, and Montignac, in the Black Pèrigord. It is characterised by lush countryside, gently rolling hills, impressive caves and woodlands, rivers and lakes, sleepy hamlets and charming friendly people. The climate is usually excellent with long hot summers. An early warm spring and a glorious autumn can often be enjoyed by the fortunate visitor who is able to take advantage of the low season rates. Off the beaten track of the Dordogne valley tourist routes, whilst being ideally situated for touring the whole of the Dordogne and the Correze by car, La Queyrelie offers a tranquil rural retreat from which to explore the countryside on foot taking the many designated rambling trails.

Cycle hire is available locally but it is best to book in advance through us.

View from the top road (C5) leading to the turning to our hamlet of La Queyrelie

The Tariffs

Pool before we planted the roses click : for new image.

All prices are quoted for a full capacity let, for smaller parties discounts will sometimes be considered.

A damages deposit of 300 euros (or the equivalent in other currencies i.e. £200) is payable with the final balance, this is held against serious damage or excessive cleaning problems and (all being well) is refundable according to your choice by UK cheque, direct bank transfer or via Paypal within one week of departure. Bookings will be accepted by telephone or e-mail, followed by a deposit of 30% of the total cost of the holiday within 6 days of that call. The balance will be payable 6 weeks before arrival. When booking please will you note that the accommodation in the Main House is for a maximum of six people with a baby in a cot and the Guest House for five people.

The pool, terraces and garden are for the exclusive use of the party that have been specified on booking. Any variation on an initial booking must be notified to us and be agreed by us in writing prior to your arrival. Every possible effort will be made to maintain the pool and the household equipment in good order for the enjoyment of our guests, however, we cannot accept liability in the event of an unforeseen calamity but would ask you to bear with us while we attempt to rectify the problem as soon possible. We live in a neighbouring village and are on hand for any problems which may arise. For reasons of changeover cleaning the arrival time is 5pm and the departure time is 9am. We are sorry but love them as we do we never accept animals.

Payments by credit card are subject to a surcharge of 3%

	£	Euros	US Dollars		£	Euros	US Dollars
10 May- 13 June	400	560	780		700	980	1365
14 June - 4 July	500	700	975		900	1260	1755
5 July - 25 July	600	840	1170		1000	1400	1950
26 July - 29 Aug.	800	1120	1560		1200	1680	2340
30 Aug. - 12 Sept.	600	840	1170		1000	1470	1950
13 Sept. - 3 Oct.	500	700	975		900	1400	1755
4 Oct. - 31 Oct.	400	560	780		700	980	1365
Winter lets please enquire

    contact the owners: Mr & Mrs Cole

Tel: +33(0)979223032

Tel: +33(0)553510485

Tel: +33(0)617508444

karen.cole@wanadoo.fr