Magnificent five bedroom spacious family home in Gascony with private swimming pool. L' Airial, Moustey is a charming remote house in peaceful Landes countryside. This lovely maison de maître is a real Get-away-from-it-all location, yet only 3kms to the pretty village of Moustey. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen, dining room with open fireplace, and spacious living room. Private and securely fenced gardens. 5x11m swimming pool. 45 mins Bordeaux.
L' Airial, Moustey; a delightful country house in rural Landes, Aquitaine built inminutes to the lovely village of Moustey with its 2 churches, 4 restaurants, Proxi grocery shop, and amazing boulangerie.
The upstairs of house comprises three good-sized bedrooms, a central hallway/lounge/games room (with sofabed), and two bathrooms, each with shower, toilet, and sink (one bathroom option to be used as ensuite as is preferred). Downstairs there are a further two double bedrooms, an accessible bathroom (toilet, bath, shower and sink), a well equipped modern kitchen, a welcoming dining room with open working fireplace (the dining table seats 10 persons), and a large living room (seating 14) with woodburner.
Outside the one acre mature gardens with grand old oak trees and tall pine trees are private and securely fenced. The 5x11m private swimming pool has comfortable pool loungers. The pool's electric hard cover helps keeps the water warm at night and is also necessary for safety when the pool is unattended.
Immediately on the boundary of the property is the forest which ideal for hikes and all manner of outdoor activities. The property is located between the Grande Leyre and the Petite Leyre rivers. These calm rivers are great for kayaking (kayaks available for rent locally) or a bracing dip.
Plenty of local activities for families and groups of friends. Swimming (pool/rivers/lakes/ocean), kayaking (local rental), biking/hiking/jogging on forest trails, dog walking, horse riding, pony trap rides (local stables very close at end of forest track). This location is great for yoga, painting, meditation, or just relaxing and reading. There are plenty of games available in the house including, a whole cupboard of boardgames, badminton set (net plus 6 rackets), table football, and garden lawn darts.
Just 45 mins from Bordeaux airport it is easily accessible by plane, train and automobile.
Minimum Stay
Based on past experience and guest feedback in order to properly enjoy your holiday in L' Airial, Moustey there is a minimum stay of 7 nights. 14 nights is preferred and a corresponding discount is offered.
Accessibility
The house was built in 1830 so regrettably has some limitations in making the space fully wheelchair accessible, nevertheless considerable effort has been made to try to enhance accessibility.
Flat path from parking to front door, enter home through double wide doorway with small step (a ramp over step can be arranged on prior request).
Step-free access to common areas.
Internal doorways are approx 82cm width so (only just) wheelchair-friendly.
The two downstairs bedrooms are level with no step.
Accessible downstairs bathroom:- Step-free access, entryway is level and 83cm width; Fixed grab bars for shower, toilet, and bath; Accessible-height toilet; Roll-in shower (no threshold/step between the shower and bathroom floor); Shower chair (small freestanding stool that allows a guest to be seated in the shower); Handheld shower head on both bath and shower; Wide clearance to Bath/shower/toilet/sink - each have at least 90cms of clearance to access them.
Floors on ground floor are mainly original terracotta tiles and can be a little bit uneven. The staircase to first floor is rather steep and is not wheelchair accessible; the elderly and infirm may be uncomfortable using this staircase.
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You will have the entire property, swimming pool, and gardens all to yourself!
Your Host.
The "manager" of this listing is YourRentals, but the owner of the property in Nigel Bond. Nigel was born British, but he soon adopted a peripatetic life.
After an international career with the United Nations (living and working in Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Japan, Russia, Lebanon, Usa, France, and Kenya) he moved to live in France at his dream home L' Airial, Moustey with his dog Sami, a rescue from the streets of Kabul.
The house is beautiful, peaceful and comfortable - a perfect place to relax and to entertain family and friends. During the summer he travels abroad and his home is available as a vacation home rental / location saisonnière. He is usually out of country and unavailable in person, but he will always be contactable by email/phone to assist you and ensure that everything is going well. His friendly and helpful neighbours (speak French and German) have keys for...
