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La Petite Maison
Living area
Double bedroom
Private garden seating area overlooking the pond
La Petite Maison

Reviews

10 out of 10, Loved by Guests
Top 10% of guest reviews in this area
2 bedroomsSleeps 456 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Pet-friendly
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Outdoor space
  • Parking available

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 4)

Bedroom 1

1 Double Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Double Bed

Bathroom 1

Soap · Towels provided · Toilet · Shower only · Hair dryer

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Lovingly Renovated Farm Cottage and Garden - click on us and see for yourself!

La Petite Maison is a beautiful rural two double bedroomed renovated cottage, suited to meet the needs of busy people looking for peace and quiet. Situated within a 200 year old farm, (now non working) and located in the department of Mayenne in north of the region of the Pays de la Loire with its spectacular landscapes in the north and vast vineyards to the south. The house is 2kms from the historic town of Lassay-les-Chateaux which boasts one of the finest examples in France of a fortified medieval chateau. The town has many winding streets amongst which can be found examples of medieval living all situated just off the main market square where you will find local shops, bars and restaurants. This is an ideal base for couples and friends seeking walking or cycling holidays in wonderful countryside or alternatively just a relaxing break from modern life!

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Amenities

Kitchen
Washing machine
Pet-friendly
Free WiFi
Outdoor space
Parking available

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 21
Check out before 10:00 AM
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Children

Adults only
Large open pond
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed: less than 25 kg per pet (limit one pet total)
1 small to med sized dog additional €25
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock

We should mention

This property does not have any lifts
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 1000, due to national regulations; for further details, please contact the property using the information in the booking confirmation
A car is required for transport to and from this property

About the area

Chantrigné

Located in Chantrigné, this cottage is in a rural area. Castle Lassay and Château de Lassay are local landmarks, and some of the area's attractions include Ferme du cheval de trait and Parc du Château de la Roche-Bagnoles. Make sure you get close to the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.
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Chantrigné, Pays De La Loire

What's nearby

  • Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Bagnoles de l'Orne Casino - 23 min drive - 25.5 km
  • Château de La Motte-Husson - 31 min drive - 41.5 km
  • Carrouges Château - 42 min drive - 51.6 km
  • Sanctuary of Our Lady of Pontmain - 45 min drive - 57.0 km

Getting around

  • Neau Station - 41 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Restaurant Ô Bas Du Bourg - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Le Pub À Victor - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Bar des Sports - ‬15 min drive
  • ‪Even Christophe - ‬15 min drive
  • ‪Relais St Medard - ‬11 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Lovingly Renovated Farm Cottage and Garden - click on us and see for yourself! pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows pets (limit 1 total) with a maximum weight of up to 25 kg per pet. Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

How much does it cost to stay at Lovingly Renovated Farm Cottage and Garden - click on us and see for yourself!?

As of 24 March 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Lovingly Renovated Farm Cottage and Garden - click on us and see for yourself! on 5 May 2026 start from NZ$258, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Lovingly Renovated Farm Cottage and Garden - click on us and see for yourself!?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Lovingly Renovated Farm Cottage and Garden - click on us and see for yourself!?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Lovingly Renovated Farm Cottage and Garden - click on us and see for yourself!?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Lovingly Renovated Farm Cottage and Garden - click on us and see for yourself! located?

Situated in a rural location, this cottage is steps from Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and within 3 mi (5 km) of Château de Lassay and Castle Lassay. Bois Thibault Castle and Karting du Fouteau are also within 6 miles (10 km).

Reviews

10

Exceptional

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Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 44 reviews

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Toby N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Beautiful accommodation. Fantastic hosts. Lovely part of France.
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Steven G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Exceptional stay

this stay and owners made everything even more beautiful than what the information on the website already made incredible!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Karen P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely holiday

Excellent property Hosts excellent Lovely location Couldn’t have asked for more Tranquil location
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Chris g.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Stay

We had a great time at this beautiful home. Great host, great location. We loved it and wished we did not have to go.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

susanadams65

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful stay

Lovely quaint gite in a quiet tranquil setting. Very comfortable and well equipped. Would definitely recommend.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

jeremiah o.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Quiet and peaceful

Really nice place and lovely people The house is very well equipped and in a great setting Really full marks
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fabulous Cottage

We stayed in this amazing cottage for 6 nights, everything you need for your stay is here. Very nicely decorated, luxury bedding & furnishings. Welcome pack to get you started was appreciated. The hosts Sandra & Paul were very welcoming and made our stay with our dog Rosie amazing.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Philip B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Simply the best!

Wonderful property in quiet location with hosts who were very welcoming. Lots of places to visit in the area but the best bit was getting back to sit in the garden with a drink or two in the late afternoon. We were blessed with excellent weather for the first week in October which made the whole fly by. We have taken gite holidays for over thirty years and this was the best one ever.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Debbie P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Just Lovely!

We would definitely come back. Our hosts were warm and welcoming. The setting is beautiful. It’s located walking distance from a lovely little town and easy driving distance from the sights we wanted to visit. Could not have enjoyed it more.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Neil T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely gîte with beautiful private garden

We really enjoyed our stay. Sandra and Paul were excellent hosts and had plenty of suggestions for walks, supermarkets, restaurants and places to visit. The house is comfortable and spotlessly clean with lots of homely touches. We loved the beautiful private garden , a real treat in the evening after a day out. The Mayenne area is really quiet with some really interesting towns and sights. We loved the Roman town of Jublans and Sainte Suzanne . The old railway lines are perfect for walking or running and the Velorail is great fun.
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Marisa P.

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La Gautrier

We stayed in the amazing 2 bedroom cottage at Sandras and Pauls. It turned out to be the most beautiful cottage with lovely gardens. The home is so well equiped, the kitchen is amazing! Sandra and Paul were so helpful and ful of great information. My sister and brother in law joined us and we had a wonderful time. Will be looing to stay there agaiin soon!
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Irene H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Peace and quiet

Beautiful property, sparkling clean, well equipped with absolutely everything you could wish for. Paul and Sandra are the perfect hosts; helpful and friendly but not intrusive. The grounds are lovely and the area is steeped in history, we especially liked Lassay Les Chateaux and Sainte-Suzanne. But the very best bit…..? The peace and quiet was what struck me most and just what we needed.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Margaret H.

A real getaway from it all location

We had a wonderful holiday at La Petite Maison. The cottage was very clean and well equiped with everything you could possibly need. But it was Sandra's attention to detail that turned it from just being another holiday cottage into a real home from home. Sandra and Paul are extremely helpful and friendly, not intrusive but just good to know they are around should you need help with anything. Not fogetting Benji one of the friendliest dogs we have ever met, (He didn't even bark when we arrived on our first night, but seemed more content just to wag his tail and be petted). We would certainly hope to return one day and would recommend it highly. Peter and Margaret
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Patrice L.

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Lassay les châteaux

Excellent accueil, très beau gîte avec un jardin magnifique.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Marjorie B.

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4 jours merveilleux

"La petite maison" est un gite exceptionnel décoré avec beaucoup de goût. La literie est de très grande qualité, pas un bruit juste le chant des oiseaux, le souffle du vent, l'âme de la maison. Le jardin est le lieu idéal de déconnexion et est très bien équipé. L'accueil par les propriétaires Sandra et Hugues est très chaleureux, et ils sont à la fois présents et discrets.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Marjo B.

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Mooie omgeving voor vakantie met hond

We hebben een goed verblijf gehad, vriendelijke hosts, Het huisje is mooi, volledig ingericht en erg schoon.Het ligt in een zeer rustige landelijke omgeving. Daardoor is het een mooie plek voor een vakantie met de hond en heeft onze trouwe viervoeter het zeer naar haar zin gehad. Helaas hadden wij koud en regenachtig weer en konden daardoor (bijna) niet gebruik maken van de tuin (wel van de houtkachel). De tuin is prachtig, super groot en waar je met mooi weer heerlijk kunt vertoeven. Het huisje is authentiek, je waant je in een boerderijtje van 200 jaar geleden, kleine raampjes, en mooie lage balkenplafonds (oppassen voor je hoofd!) en niet erg groot. De wc is boven in de badkamer met een heerlijke regendouche! De bedden zijn niet al te breed (140 cm). Om de tuin te bereiken kan dit door de voordeur via een poortje of door de kelder. Beide trapjes zijn steil. Dit hadden wij niet goed bekeken bij het boeken, dus misschien handig om te weten. Lassay les Châteaux is een prachtig dorp, gezellig, mooi en authentiek. Ook de dorpjes Saint -Suzanne- Chammes, Domfront en Sant-Céneri-de-Gérei zijn geweldig. Een prachtige plek met heel veel rust, bijna geen verkeer en alleen zingende vogeltjes, zeer geschikt om te ontstressen.
Stayed 11 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Eugénie F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Charmante petite maison

Logement très propre et correspondant bien à la description. Nous avons bien profité de la maison et de son jardin au calme. Les hôtes sont discrets et nous on laissé des petites attention avec la panier de bienvenue et des petites friandises pour notre chat. Lieu parfait pour passer un WE au vert et visiter la région.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Debbie P.

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Just perfect

A lovely place to stay, the cottage is very comfortable and homely. Everything thing you need and lots of information of where to go and what to do. Beautiful countryside with many interesting walks and a lovely garden to relax in. Sandra and Paul are the perfect hosts.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Douglas S.

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Fantastic Stay

My partner and I spent a short week at Chantrigne and loved every second of it. The house is really welcoming and furnished with everything you would need in the kitchen. The location is really peaceful and the locals are really friendly. Paul and Sandra seem to have thought of everything and the welcome basket meant that we didn't need to stress on arrival about finding a shop. We will for sure be looking to go back.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Andrew S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect stay and home, lovely garden, perfect hosts.

Top class
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

L.G. S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

Heerlijke cottage in prachtige omgeving.

Wat een charmante cottage, zeer goed uitgerust. Op landelijke locatie, in prachtige omgeving.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Nick Taylor

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A little slice heaven

Hosts Sandra and Paul are so welcoming, They added some lovely personal touches to what was already a delightfully peaceful haven. The cottage is beautiful and very well quipped and the gardens are glorious, wonderful to sit in and pretty to look at whatever the weather. We thoroughly recommend La Petite Maison and so does our dog Pepper!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

W.W. v.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Gezellig huisje

Leuk gezellig huisje met bezienswaardigheden in de buurt. De laatste dag gingen we nog naar Domfort. Een aanrader. Het huisje is niet geschikt als je niet goed ter been bent want je er zijn verschillende trappen. Voor ons geen probleem we hebben er genoten.
Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Yves H.

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wonderful

The stay in Chantrigné was wonderful. Sanda and Paul have prepared a very beautifully situated old stone house with a large lounge, lovely bathroom and two bedrooms for lovely holidaymakers. In the grounds behind the house table, chairs, deckchairs and with a small pond and lots of songbirds you could look out into the vast countryside in the evening and relax and also have breakfast in the morning (if the sun was shining). The surrounding area with small towns, cafés and opportunities for walking also adds to the relaxation. We would have liked to stay longer. The only critical point: the sun could have shone a little more often. Grit and Yves
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Danielle V.

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Suuuuper gezellige cottage

Qua gezelligheid is dit huisje inderdaad 5 sterren waard !! Prachtig en super cosy ingericht met een perfect werkende houtkachel die het ganse huisje lekker warm maakt...Mooie herfstwandelingen in de buurt en een sympathieke ontvangst door de eigenaars ; kortom een aanrader !!!

About the host

Hosted by Sandra Hughes

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Paul and I both had busy lives, too much stress, unhealthy lifestyles and not enough 'together' time. We would longingly watch all those TV programs about changing your life, moving to the country, renovating a dilapidated barn into a designers dream, all whilst Kevin McCloud peered into the camera wringing his hands in despair - if only that could be us! We decided to leave our London lives behind, we put our furniture in storage, rented out our property, packed our Clio with all our essential worldly belongings and set off for France with a map and a gite booked for 7 weeks. Sixteen years later we are still here and loving the french life! We (meaning Paul) have gained many skills along the way - plumbing, electrics, stonemasonry, joinery, roofing and landscaping to name but a few! We can also now speak very reasonable French (starting from a baseline of no french at all), Paul was a member of our village council for 7 years and we taught English for 4 years to the children in the local school - although to be honest I think we learnt more French from them than they learnt English from us! We have four stray french ginger cats who gave adopted us and two lazy non egg laying chickens!

Why they chose this property

We started our search for a property further south towards Saumur and Tours but on a day trip north we chanced upon the department and river of Mayenne and absolutely fell in love with the area! Family, friends, eating and socialising are the main focus for everyone here so there's never any hurry and nothing is ever too busy or too much trouble. It's great to just relax, unwind and enjoy the everyday beauty of the surrounding landscape, the abundance of fantastic wildlife and listen to the quietness. Although we live on a hilltop with great views all our local amenities are just down the road. The river Mayenne is just 7kms away with great walks and cycle tracks, its never busy and parking is free and easy! In addition the coast is only an hour and a half away for those days when we fancy some sea air, a run on the beach and a plate of really fresh shellfish.

What makes this property unique

Knowing how important holidays are when your time is precious we wanted to create a holiday cottage that we would have wanted to stay in when we were on holiday - soft pillows, white linen on the bed and a great big shower with lots of hot water, (not just a luke warm trickle whilst crouching in a small smelly cubicle). A pretty private outdoor garden to sit and enjoy a glass of wine, read a book or just lie back and relax. Most of all a place that could feel like a home not just a holiday let.
We also wanted to take the hassle out of trying to find out about local places to visit or eateries that are good value and great food rather than discovering it all on the last day when your holiday is almost over. We have put together a comprehensive book with all the local attractions, restaurant recommendations and information leaflets, along with books on the local area, cycling and walking routes and trips further afield if you are feeling adventurous. We look forward to welcoming you at La Gautrie and seeing you soon - A bientôt Sandra et Paul !

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