Sue and David Trivett hope that the website we have created will give you the taste not only to
stay in our comfortable gite but also to visit the area that we love and where we have lived since 1995.

Set in a magical 'cottage style' garden with herbs, climbing roses, bamboo and flowering shrubs and mature trees
HAZELNUT COTTAGE dates back to at least the 18th  Century – when we purchased it there was indeed a WC and a
shower but apart from that there was no comfort and it cried out for some tender loving care.  In the following pages
the photos show you what the cottage now has to offer.

The house is on 3 levels and sleeps 4 in two bedrooms (with a full size sofa bed in the lounge giving an option for 2 more)
Facilities include a luxury bathroom with WC for the upstairs double room, a separate WC and shower room at garden
level for the twin room,  high quality bed linen and towels,  a library of books in English and French and unlimited access
to Internet with a printer/scanner, plus DVD/Video/TV (free-to-air French channels only).

We purchased the cottage in 2003 and started the renovation that same year with the intention of creating a superb home and at the same time conserving the original beams, the large stone fireplace, the old stone sink and exposed golden stone walls.  We did not want to create a modern house – we decided that Hazelnut Cottage has such a great ‘feel’ to it that we did not want to destroy the very thing that made us want to buy it.  We have been letting since 2005 and the reaction of our guests when they arrive and at the end of their stay has been enough to convince us that we have succeeded. See the whole process of the renovation in the documentation at the cottage