Terms and conditions:
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- You are welcome at the agreed day (usually Saturday) from
4:00 PM, departure is at the agreed day of leaving before 10:00
AM.
- The security-deposit is € 500. This will be transferred
back to your account in the week after your departure, under
the condition that the house has been left behind clean, and
undamaged. If this is not the case, we will try to make a fair
settlement.
- After receiving the payment (50% of the rent at booking, the
remaining 50% including the security-deposit at most 2 months
in advance of the letting period) the cancellation costs are
25% of the total rent amount; when cancelling within two months
before the starting date of the letting period, the cancellation
costs are 50% of the total rent amount.
- You are expected to take care of your own legal liability-insurance,
cancellation- and travelinsurance, since our insurance doesn't
cover these things.
- As tenant you are responsible for damages to the house, inventory
and surrounding property, inflicted by you or the people staying
with you.
- The landlord, or them speaking for him/her, can not be held
responsible for damages, directly or indirectly created by the
letter or the people staying with him/her during their stay
in or outside the house. Under no circumstances shall the amount
the landlord is held responsible for be larger than the amount
of rent payed.
- The landlord is permitted to cancel the letting directly in
case of non-proper usage of house and property. The agreed number
of inhabitants shall not be exceeded without explicit permission
given by the landlord. Camping out on the property is not permitted.
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Additional information:
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- In the house you will find a map of the surrounding region.
- The beds have already been made. In the bathrooms you will find sufficient towels.
- In the laundry place there are a washing- and drying machine.
Here you will also find a childrens chair, spare lightbulbs
(in metal buckets), ironing board and iron. Key to the door
is on the windowframe in the kitchen or on the keyhook next
to the wood heater.
- The temperature of the heating can be set on the thermostat
in the salon, by selecting the day or night setting, pressing
plus or minus, and finally pressing OK. Near the thermostat
are also the lightswitches that control all the lights. Half
of the electric sockets in this space also function through
these switches.
- NB: The ground fault interrupter, in case of electricity failure,
is located in the uninhabited grey house located on the street.
When you enter the kitchen of that house you will see a wooden
panel with a amongs others a red and black button. Push the
black button to re-enable electricity.
- A spare gascylinder is stored in the small barn at the end
of the terrace that you can enter through the gardendoors. There
is always a spare gas cylinder. By pushing and turning the buttons
on the stove you will turn on the gas. In the cabinet next to
the stove you will find a red button that turns the gas on.
- Would you mind turning off the coffeemachine as well as the
dishwasher seperately after using them? In the basket, on top
of the small cupboard above the washingmachine there are several
different manuals.
- The wood-heater in the kitchen will burn on full power when
both slides are pushed to the right. Wood can be found in the
open stables. Axes are in the laundry place. The fireplace in
the living room can develop smoke. That's why we advise to start
with one of those self-burning logs, heat up the chimney with
a torch (made from newspaper) and start with burning smaller
logs. Sometimes it helps to slightly open the garden door.
- We usually leave the outside gate open.
- On the domain you will find, apart from the different barns,
stables and the uninhabited Bergerie, a small house (coach driver's
house) and an old coachhouse. These could be inhabited, though
they are on a fair distance of the mansion large enough for
you not to experience any discomfort from possible inhabitants.
- When you walk out of the backside porch (don't forget the
key, in the platter on the kitchentable), and take a right,
you will automatically enter the old part of the village. (So
walk down the forrest path on your right hand, take a left at
the end, after the path bends to the right take a left down
the stairs, and take a right at the road to go to Place Mitterand.)
- When you walk out of the backside porch and go to your left,
you will directly enter the forrest. After about 50 metres you
take a right to the road, cross the road to the parkinglot and
descend to the river the Auxois for a walk of approximately
1 hour.
- You can also walk out of the backside porch, take a left.
Keep walking straight ahead, take a right at the end, after
about 15 minutes take a sharp right, and after another 15 minutes
take a right turn at the T-intersection to return to the house.
This forrest is part of Domaine la Croix Chatain.
- On thursdays there is a small market at the Place Mitterand.
- Swimming is possible in the lake at the end of Rue Croix Chatain.
After a 15 minute drive you will find the Lac de Chaumecon,
with several quiet, small beaches and nice swimming water.
- In case you would like to play tennis, you can book a court
at the Bar/Tabac located at Rue d'Avallon, just past the Hotel.
- On thursday and sunday evening you can put the garbagecontainer
just outside the gate. The container is located near the stables
across the kitchen.
- In case you like gardening, you can do it as much as you like
to. And in the periods of high temperatures and low rainfall,
it would be nice if you could water the flowers and plants in
the evening.
- NB: There are certain places on the property that could be
dangerous for "smaller" children. In the small house behind
the garbagecontainer you will find a deep well. The historical
"icecellar", located on the southside of the entrance lane,
is also a place to keep an eye out for. You can see the (ruin
of the) structure from the window in the livingroom. Last but
not least, climbing the wooden wall surrounding the parkinglot
could make the heavy logs fall down.
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