Magnifique maison savoyarde au bord du lac d'Annecy à 2 minutes de la plage

We stayed here as a family of five with three teens, and the house is spacious enough that each teen had his or her own bedroom. The house was a very comfortable place to hang out, with a cozy living room area on the ground floor, a kitchen / dining area with enough seating to accomodate our group, and a garden to sit in outdoors that we didn't really take good advantage of due to the weather not cooperating.

The location is within an easy walk of a bicycle rental place / cafe, the beach on the lake with kayak and paddleboat rentals, a lakefront restaurant, and probably other activities that I didn't pick up on since we were there only two nights rather than the week that seems to be more typical for the area. Grocery stores are five or ten minutes' drive away.

Please note that the rather hefty deposit to be paid at the beginning of the stay appears to be typical of this area from what I could tell, even though it's not something I've seen in other places, and our cash deposit was returned as soon as the lady checking us out had looked over the place. Please note also that you do have the choice of cleaning the place yourself -- meaning the full cleaning, not just the tidying and emptying of trash and so on you'll be doing anyway -- but having the housekeeper clean it is an extra fee to be paid at the time you're checking in, so just assume that will be part of the cost of the place if you don't want to do the heavy cleaning yourself. Housekeeping fees are typical of vacation rental places in my experience, and the only difference here is that you're paying it separately at the time you check in rather than having it be part of what you pay through this site.

Again, this is a comfortable house that had plenty of room for our family and is within walking distance from many activities and some restaurants. We enjoyed our stay here and I wish we'd had longer to try the different activities and explore the area.

This property is really good value especially if you can fill it, it is wonderfully close to amenities including beach, restaurants, cycle hire , nature walks and stunning views but on hot evenings the noise from the parties on the lake shore is a drawback. The garden could do with a little tidy up and there are a few tired/broken fixtures (washing line, big awning) but overall it's a sensibly priced, well positioned house and was perfect for 6 adults and 6 kids (we brought one extra inflatable bed to avoid older kids sharing the double). The high breakage deposit caused me some stress (getting 820 euros together on day 1!!!!) and would be more understandable if the property were in top condition but there was no problem with getting it back and UK banks don't charge for euro cheques if you push hard in branch. We brought duvet covers, pillow cases and towels to save 16 euros pp and that worked well (square pillows but UK ones fit). I would absolutely recommend this house above others we considered on the other side of the lake due to the location and sensible inside space. For runners, casual and serious cyclists and beach lovers, a base here and a planned trip to Talloires gives you the best of everything.

Just back from a fantastic stay in this beautiful house.

It was a family get together with 10 adults and one child, the house is so big that at no point did we feel crowded. There is plenty of living space with ample seating inside and out. As the weather was so good we spent most of our time outside - the view is stunning and the lake is almost on the doorstep.

The combined kitchen/dining area was perfect for our social needs and when the sun went down (or behind a mountain) we all sat at the kitchen table.

Lovely and clean toilets and bathrooms, bedrooms tastefully decorated and very comfy beds. Stunning well maintained house!!

Log burning stove added a lovely ambiance and the log fire was awesome.

Sylvie was amazing during the booking process, shame I didn't get to meet her, maybe one day :)

Christophe who did the handover was charming and lives locally, so good if there are any problems - we had none.

I would definitely recommend this property and hope that one day we might be able to return.

Thank you all for contributing to our amazing trip.

Super week-end passé dans une maison confortable et très bien équipée.

Cette maison est très agréable à l'intérieur comme à l'extérieur (grand jardin). Les chambres sont spacieuses et donne à chacun pas mal d'intimité. L'espace commun (salon) est séparé de la cuisine et n'est pas très grand par rapport au nombre de chambres mais les jardins (devant et derrière) compensent bien.

La maison est très bien située par rapport au lac: petite plage à quelques mètres, plage de Doussard un peu plus loin avec sports nautiques... Et la plage d'Angon à 15 minutes en voiture. Toutes les activités sont à côté: vélo, parapente, canyonning...

En revanche, Annecy n'est qu'à 20 km mais en haute saison on met facilement 45min-1heure pour y accéder.

Le restaurant Chez ma cousine est très bon avec une vue magnifique.

Quelques petits détails à améliorer:

- Comme beaucoup de location Il faut payer un supplément de 16 euros/personne pour le linge de maison (pas de problème). Mais ceci n'inclut que les draps pour le nombre de lits exact (pas un supplémentaire au cas où ...) , une serviette par personne et une seule serviette pour la cuisine. De plus les lits n'étaient pas faits et du coup il manquait un drap housse (apporté le lendemain).

- la cusine est bien équipée mais la vaisselle (surtout les verres) est un peu vieillissante.

- il y a une fuite dans la douche qui j'imagine sera réparée mais avec qu'une serviette par personne... pas facile à éponger.

Mais ceci ne sont évidemment que des détails. Nous avons passé de très bonnes vacances et recommandons la maison.