Location: Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne, 12km from Grasse, 30km from Cannes
Accommodation Details
The House
Maison des Figues is a 5 bedroom, 3½ bathroom house that is suitable for family holidays and for groups of families and friends looking for a special place to relax in the sun.
Principal Entrance
The main entry on the ground floor opens to a large entrance hall. Turn right to enter the TV room / office, turn left to a private dépendence and ensuite and straight ahead to the main living area including kitchen, dining room and living room.
Private Dépendence
For house guests wanting a little more privacy the dépendence offers a super-king size bed in a first floor studio with a desk and ensuite bathroom with shower.
Ground Floor
Kitchen
The well equipped, eat in kitchen has a wood burning fireplace and french doors leading to the garden and terrace. The kitchen has been recently redecorated and includes a gas stove, electric oven, fridge with three freezer drawers, oven, microwave, dishwasher, kettle, Nespresso coffee maker, toaster and a large selection of saucepans and ovenware, crockery, cutlery, glassware and a wide rage of kitchen utensils. A second fridge in the dépendence provides extra space for wine and beer.
Dining Room
A large interior table seats 10 people with french doors opening to the terrace where there is a similr sized outside dining area. In the dining room a hutch full of art supplies, board games and puzzles awaits for when you need a break from the sun.
Living Room
The living room is large and comfortable and has a three seater sofa, four armchairs to sink into and lots of floor lights for reading and a large floor fan. There is also a large fireplace and two sets of french doors, one leading to the gym and the other to the side garden.
TV Room / Office
Equipped with a smart TV with access toNetflix and French TV (Orange) and a DVD, including a large selection of movies to watch, the TV room / office has a comfy sofa bed and a reclining armchair. Book shelves provide a wide mix of English (and French) reading choices. If you need to work, there is also a desk and a printer. French doors lead off the TV room / office to the side garden.
Powder Room
There is a ground floor powder room with toilet and sink.
Solarium / Gym
The gym is equipped with a rowing machine, TRX, bench, kettle bells and Bowflex dumbbells (2-24 kg).
House floor plans not to scale.
First Floor
Bedrooms
Master Bedroom: A large airy bedroom with super-king size bed, dresser drawers, wardrobe, desk and an overhead fan. French windows open onto a full-length balcony with mature oleander trees and cape jasmine. The balcony overlooks the south facing garden, with the lights of Cannes and the Mediterranean sea in the distance. A master bathroom (not en suite) with full bath and shower and dressing room is next to the master bedroom.
Double Bedroom No. 1: Double bed with overhead fan, closet, dresser drawers and a door to the full-length balcony overlooking the garden.
Double Bedroom No. 2: Double bed with overhead fan, closet, dresser drawers and door to the full-length balcony overlooking the garden.
Children’s Bedroom: Set of single bunk beds with a closet, floor fan and a window overlooking the garden. The children’s room has book shelves with a wide mix of English and French children’s books.
Dépendence Master Bedroom: A large private bedroom with super-king size bed and an overhead fan in a studio room with dresser drawers, wardrobe, desk, dressing area and private ensuite bathroom with shower. Windows overlook the garden and the mature linden tree.
First Floor Bathrooms
White marble tiles are a common feature across the bathrooms, all of which were renovated in 2022. The house is on a septic system and guests are required to respect the septic system rules during their visit.
Master Bathroom: Double sink, tub, separate shower, toilet and dressing room.
Family Bathroom Two: Shower, sink and toilet.
Dépendence Master Bathroom: Ensuite private bathroom with sink, shower and toilet.
House floor plans not to scale.
Outside Details
Two ground floor terraces and a balcony run the length of the house on its south facing garden side. On the main ground floor terrace, an outside dining table comfortably seats 10 and overlooks the garden and the Mediterranean in the distance. An electric awning in provençal colours provides shade for the main terrace whenever desired. On the lower ground floor terrace, there are two sun loungers and a smaller dining table with four chairs, with a mature linden tree providing shade.
The house is ideal for outdoor dining, with a built-in wood and charcoal-burning barbecue on the main terrace off the dining room.
The house grounds include two fig trees, two cherry trees, over twenty olive trees and lavender, rosemary and thyme in abundance in a large private garden enclosed by mature laurier and juniper hedges. The ground floor terrace has roses, bougainvillea and cape jasmine, with oleander trees and cape jasmine in large pots on the upper terrace. There is a small herb garden with thyme and mint outside the kitchen.
Steps from the terrace lead to the pool area where there are full-size reclining wooden chaise longues (bains de soleil) with cushion pads and a large Tectona parasol for shade. The pool is 80 m2. Ambient pool lighting is a very attractive feature.
The eight sun loungers in the garden provide comfortable spots to enjoy the quiet in the shade of mature trees or by the pool.
Equipment & Facilities
Maison des Figues is very well-equipped house.
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Two fridge freezers
Oven
Gas cooker
Electric kettle
Microwave
Nespresso coffee machine
Toaster
Soda stream
Dishwasher
Cutlery
Plates
Wine and drinking glasses
Meater meat thermometer
Kitchen knives and utensils
Pots and pans
Barbecue utensils
Serviettes and table cloth -
Washing machine
Condenser dryer
Iron and ironing board
Outside clothes line
Drying racks
Washing powder -
Wi-Fi (fibre optic 900/600 Mbps)
Telephone
Smart TV (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Orange)
Sonos audio system
DVD player
Record player
Portable bluetooth speaker
Ceiling and floor fans
Hairdryers -
Barbecue grill and tools
Tables (2)
Table chairs and cushions (12)
Pool loungers and cushions (8)
Beach mats (4)
Boules set (2)
Automatic watering system for garden -
Private entrance and parking
Automatic entrance gate & key pad
Pool alarm
Fire extinguisher and fire blanket
Nest smoke alarms
Nest carbon monoxide alarms
First aid kitThe pool has a security alarm, but is not fenced, and care is needed with children.
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Board games, puzzles, books, records
Art supplies
Hiking poles (2)
Topographical hiking maps and map case