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DETAILS and PICTURES

The Cottage Le Pigeonnier can welcome from 2 to 8 people with its 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Situated in the countryside near Eymet in the south of the department of the Dordogne in a 3-house hamlet called Lauzanac.

Surrounded by fields and farm animals and with a private swimming pool, the cottage is ideal for holidays with family or friends, far from noise and pollution.  Le Pigeonnier is open all year round for short breaks, by the week or even for a month or more out of season.

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The garden

The garden is about 1000m² and fenced.  There is a children’s swing, a ping-pong table in the garage that you can put outside in the sun if you prefer, a green space with a covered terrace for the sun-loungers and a private fenced swimming pool (8m x 4m). The barbecue is not far from the second covered terrace which is against the house.

The terrace covered and adjacent to the kitchen. Overlooking the swimming pool, barbecue and garden where is the swing near the fields.

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Ground floor

This original 18th century pigeonnier, now with all modern conveniences, offers a traditional style périgordine house.

The entrance, accessible from the covered terrace, overlooks an open kitchen turned to the fields through a glass wall resembling a workshop. It’s very well equipped:

  • dish-washer
  • washing machine
  • microwave
  • hob
  • oven
  • american fridge
  • food processor
  • coffee maker
  • kettle
  • toaster …
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This kitchen is open to the dining-room with:

  • countryside table and chairs
  • ancient french style cupboard
  • desk with wired or wifi internet access
  • small library with information on the region
  • stereo
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The living room in the extension of the dining-room, is furnished with:

  • two leather sofa bads (non convertible)
  • a coffee table
  • a library with dvd and books
  • a TV and dvd player
  • a satellite for access to foreign TV channels
  • a french countryside cabinet
  • a wood stove with glass door that will let you enjoy the warmth of the flames during the winter evenings

New for 2014, an orange bedroom on the ground floor with a private bathroom.

  • 1 king size bed
  • 2 bedside cabinets
  • 1 wardrobe with shelving and hanging

In the bathroom

  • 1 washbasin
  • 1 shower
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The toilet is located in the hallway between the living room and the orange bedroom where there is also the new staircase made ​​by Thierry leading to the first floor.

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The farmhouse cottage Le Pigeonnier is special because the first floor is divided into two parts to allow two families to be separate.

1er floor left:

The hallway gives access to the blue bedroom and bathroom suite comprising:

  • 1 queensize bed
  • 2 bedside cabinets
  • 1 wall cabinet with wardrobe, drawers and shelves
  • 1 baby cot

In the private bathroom:

  • 1 washbasin drawer unit
  • 1 bath
  • toilet
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1er floor right:

From the dining room, up a second staircase, you reach a landing which opens on to the green bedroom with:

  • 1 double bed
  • 2 bedside tables
  • 1 chest of drawers
  • 1 imposing country style tall-boy

There is an old mirror on the landing surrounded by the original bare stone, above an ancient basin hewn out of stone as well.

The other door on this landing is to a shower room with toilet, shower and basin.

Second floor

The staircase leads up to the children’s bedroom in the part which was formerly the pigeon loft. We have kept the ancient roof with the old oak beams as well as the old pigeon roosting boxes and the stone with the 6 holes where the birds went in and out (it is glazed now).

This yellow bedroom has:

  • 3 single beds
  • 2 bedside tables
  • 1 chest of drawers
  • 1 hanging cupboard with shelves

Open all year round:

The farmhouse cottage Le Pigeonnier is equipped with central heating and an open fire – the wood comes from the farm.

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