Renaud LAPLANCHE

Chambres d'hôtes Art d’Eco Logis - Monthou-Sur-Cher

52 Route des Caves 41400 MONTHOU-SUR-CHER

Notre Charte environnementale

Please note: cave dwellings are not recommended for people with asthma, but they are highly recommended in hot weather.
Renaud welcomes you with his two cats (Héra and Poros) to a socio-cultural country house with five cave dwellings, a wooden shed converted into a living room and woodland on the hillside.
Here, everything is designed to ensure that cyclists have a pleasant stay, leaving their bikes in a former stable cellar converted into a bike cellar. All the tools you need to repair your bike are in this lockable cellar, and a foot pump with pressure gauge is at your disposal.

Come and recharge your batteries, relax in the garden reading, playing cards or board games with background music, or watch a cartoon or film under the shed.

Take your mind off things by chatting about this and that in a joyful and friendly atmosphere, or find a quiet corner in the garden to contemplate the magnificent starry sky. In short, enjoy a change of scenery by immersing yourself in nature in a place where we respect nature, animals and, of course, humans, after 25 years of working in social housing.

In addition, the programme of festivities for this summer in Monthou:
- Autumn festival on 12 October,
- Folk concert on 15 November.

Art déco

Guest room
3 persons
1 bedroom
18  m2

This room, in the house, has a double bed and a single bed (a folding screen can be provided to separate the beds), a wardrobe with linen (change only between 2 stays), a writing desk, a coffee table and a low piece of furniture at the foot of the bed, chairs and a decorative fireplace.
It is located next to the bathroom and dry toilet, also known as the dry throne, as it is in the house.

Rooms and Equipment:
Bedrooms
Bedroom(s): 1
Bed(s):  2
including bed(s) for 1 pers.: 1
including bed(s) for 2 pers.: 1
This bedroom, in the house, has a double bed and a single bed (a screen can be made available to separate the beds), a wardrobe with household linen (change only between 2 stays), a desk-desk, a coffee table and chairs as well as a decorative fireplace. It is located next to the bathroom and dry toilets because it is inside the house.
Bathrooms / Shower room
  • Bathroom with shower
  • Towels drier
Shower room (s):  1
WC
WC:  2
  • Shared WC
dry toilet, also called dry throne in the house + dry toilet in the garden
Kitchen
  • Amarican Kitchen
  • Fondue Set
  • Raclette Set
  • Combined freezer
  • Oven
  • Fridge
Other rooms
  • Living room
  • Sitting room
  • Terrace
Media
  • Hi-fi system
  • Overhead projector
  • Wifi
  • Phone
Other equipment
  • Private washing machine
Heating / Air conditioning
  • Chimney
  • Wood stove
Outside
  • Abri couvert
  • Shelter for bike
  • Barbecue
  • Shared Yard
  • Garden
  • Garden Lounge
  • Not closed ground
Various
permaculture garden
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Flexibles dates :

Bakery

Guest room
3 persons
1 bedroom
18  m2

In spring and summer, the swallows and their young are present in the cellars, including the bakery, where there has been an active nest for decades. Don't be surprised if there is a bucket under the nest for their natural needs.

This troglodytic cellar, known as the "bakery", contains :
- a bread oven + fireplace,
- a double bed with a new mattress and base + a cot,
- a wardrobe,
- 2 dressing tables,
- a chamber pot,
- a coffee table with cushions.

Authentic, rustic comfort (dressing table and chamber pot to avoid having to use the bathroom and toilet in the house or outside) and unusual.

The temperature, at the moment, is just over 20°, which is cool for the scorching summer).

Rooms and Equipment:
Bedrooms
Bedroom(s): 1
Bed(s):  2
including bed(s) for 1 pers.: 1
including bed(s) for 2 pers.: 1
Bathrooms / Shower room
  • Bathroom with shower
  • Towels drier
Shower room (s):  1
WC
WC:  2
  • Shared WC
1 dry toilet or dry throne in the house and 1 outdoor dry toilet
Kitchen
  • Amarican Kitchen
  • Fondue Set
  • Raclette Set
  • Combined freezer
  • Oven
Other rooms
  • Living room
  • Sitting room
Media
  • Hi-fi system
  • Overhead projector
  • Wifi
  • Phone
Other equipment
  • Private washing machine
Wi-Fi only works in the house, not in the cellars.
Heating / Air conditioning
  • Chimney
  • Wood stove
Outside
  • Abri couvert
  • Shelter for bike
  • Barbecue
  • Shared Yard
  • Garden
  • Garden Lounge
  • Not closed ground
Various
permaculture garden
Enter your dates to view the amount
Flexibles dates :

Bergerie

Guest room
2 persons
1 bedroom
15  m2

This troglodytic cellar, formerly a sheepfold, features :
- a new, comfortable double bed on a pallet,
- a small desk
- a dressing table with a jug and hairdressing basin, a bedroom urinal and chamber pot,
- old rabbit hutches,
- a wooden rack to decorate the bed.
- a small piece of furniture to store your personal belongings + a change of sheets and extra blankets.


Please note that there is no telephone network in this cellar due to the thickness of the walls. This allows for total disconnection and welcomes people who are hypersensitive to electromagnetic fields.


Since it was a sheepfold, it has a dirt floor with rugs at the foot of the bed.

The door was screened, and new screening was installed to maintain the authentic feel, with an opaque curtain added for privacy.


The temperature right now is just over 16°C, which is cool but 3°C warmer than outside, and there is a Godin stove available.

Rooms and Equipment:
Bedrooms
Bedroom(s): 1
Bed(s):  1
including bed(s) for 1 pers.: 0
including bed(s) for 2 pers.: 1
Bathrooms / Shower room
  • Towels drier
Shower room (s):  1
WC
WC:  2
  • Shared WC
1 traditional toilet in the house + 1 dry toilet outside
Kitchen
  • Amarican Kitchen
  • Fondue Set
  • Raclette Set
  • Combined freezer
  • Oven
Other rooms
  • Living room
  • Sitting room
  • Terrace
Media
  • Hi-fi system
  • Overhead projector
Other equipment
  • Private washing machine
Wi-Fi only works in the house, not in the cellars.
Heating / Air conditioning
  • Wood stove
Outside
  • Abri couvert
  • Shelter for bike
  • Barbecue
  • Shared Yard
  • Garden
  • Garden Lounge
  • Not closed ground
Various
permaculture garden
Enter your dates to view the amount
Flexibles dates :

Information on the establishment

 Common
  • Into house
  • Shared garden
 Activities
  • Loan of bicycles
There is a cycle path nearby along the Cher river, and everything is in place to welcome guests with their bicycles without any hassle.
 Réseaux
  • Internet access
only on request
 Stationnement
  • Parking nearby
 Services
  • Cleaning
 Outdoors
  • Summer Kitchen
  • Petanque area
  • Fishing lake
  • Body of water
  • Tennis
  • Park
  • Ping pong table
next to the body of water located 700 m from the house, there are all these activities

General terms and conditions of rental

Arrival
from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. but I remain flexible
Departure
from 7:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. but I remain flexible as well
Spoken language(s)
  • English
  • French
Cancellation/Prepayment/Deposit
Accepted payment methods
  • Bank and post-office checks
  • Holiday vouchers
  • Cash
  • Virement bancaire
Breakfast
The produce for our breakfasts comes from an AMAP, others from an organic shop and even from organic market gardens.
Breakfasts are often made up of bread, rusks, jams (many varieties), honey, spreads, cereals, cheese, tea, coffee, milk chocolate, chicory...and other products on request or that you can bring along.
If you are allergic to gluten or other foods, please let me know.
Cleaning
done the same day because in the countryside there is a lot of dust and earth
Sheets and Linen
  • Bel linen and / or towels included
They are changed the same day before arrival.
Children and extra beds
  • Baby bed
an old baby cot is available
Pets
Pets are allowed.
attention I have 2 cats, one of which is often with the hosts and me, so if you have cats, dogs or other animals, they should be sociable.