Our stay at Bruno's family home was delightful. His family built the house and have inhabited it for generations. The family love of antiques and history is reflected in the furnishings, such a thoughtful collection. Bruno could not have been more gracious, when we accidentally clogged the toilet he brought us a plate of cannelés as an apology for the plumbings shortcoming and had a plumber there is 15 minutes to fix the problem. Remi, the gardener who lives on site, was there to help us anytime we ran into problems or had a question. He brought us fresh eggs from the chickens each morning and when we accidentally left a half inflated pool floaty by the pool, exhausted from trying to blow it up manually, he inflated it for us. He was a true gift. When we were running late checking out we had a lovely conversation with the kind, generous and thoughtful group of women who came to clean the house. The pool was truly lovely and we spent many hours exploring the 85 hectare park that adjoins the property.
The house is a little bit further from Bordeaux proper than we expected in a quiet residential neighborhood. The house is unique for the neighborhood as most of the other homes are more contemporary. I was able to walk to the center of the city from the house in about 1.5 hours, drive in about 23 minutes when there was no traffic and public transit took about 48 minutes. My communication with Bruno and Remi during our stay was very easy and there response time was immediate, but prior to arrival communication was difficult. I did not hear back from the listing until the day before my arrival despite booking months in advance. I was a little concerned as I was on a longer trip coming from outside of the country. This made me very anxious since I hadn't heard back from the hosts initially. Once we were welcomed into the house, all was perfect!