TERMS & CONDITIONS

VACATION RENTAL

We would like to reassure you that we have been welcoming guests here since 2002 and pride ourselves on complete honesty and transparency in all our dealings. We invite all enquirers to leave a telephone number along with their enquiry to enable us to call you back and establish direct contact with you, if you so wish.

Lettings are minimum stay 4 nights with arrival times being from 15.00 onwards. We are unable to accept Sunday check-ins, but Sunday check-outs are not a problem.

Vacation on the day of departure is normally required by 10.00 a.m.

Rental includes: bed and bath linen, (please bring your own beach towels) water, gas, central heating when appropriate and electricity. In the very rare event of extreme cold we reserve the right to add a small additional surcharge for extra central heating.

The farmhouses are professionally cleaned at the end of each stay and all bed and bath linen is professionally cleaned and sanitised  – this is included in the rental price.

There is, in addition, a small local tourist tax levied at the rate of €2,00 per day per person for a maximum of 5 days ie; a maximum of €10 Euros per person.  This does not apply to children under the age of 10.  This is paid upon arrival.

RESERVATION

Prices are per farmhouse, per night and in the case of the farmhouses being booked together, the prices quoted are for both houses as a single property, per night.  This enables you to be flexible over your desired length of stay (although there is a minimum stay of 4 nights).

In order to check availability, please refer to the calendar tool.  Each house and the houses as a single property have their own dedicated calendar so please check all three calendars.

Available days are indicated by green squares and unavailable days are indicated by red squares. Changeover days are indicated by a partially blocked square with a green and a red triangle.  We can be flexible on length of stay (although there is a minimum stay of 4 nights)  and day of arrival, although we are unable to accept Sunday check-ins, but Sunday check-outs are not a problem.

In order to make a booking please scroll to the calendar of the house you wish to book or to the calendar of both houses as a single property (there are three calendars in total),  select your required arrival and departure dates by clicking on the appropriate squares on the calendar of the and complete the contact form. Click on the ‘Send’ button and you will be taken to a summary of your booking.  Click on either:
a)’Pay by Credit Card’ and you will be taken to our online credit card management system (called Stripe) and proceed to booking and secure online payment, or

b) You will see our Italian bank account details if you wish to make a direct payment by bank transfer.

Our payment terms are: 30% at the time of booking and the 70% balance can be paid in either 2 instalments (or 3 for stays over 7 nights) with the final payment to be made 1 month prior to arrival. There is no breakages deposit payable. Included in the price:  professional clean prior to your stay, all bed and bath linen, gas, electricity,  water, shared use of the swimming pool and central heating when appropriate.

All payments will be formally acknowledged and a printed receipt or electronic receipt will be forwarded to the client.

LATE BOOKINGS & CANCELLATION POLICY AS AT 23 September 2025

In the event that a booking is made less than 4 weeks prior to arrival, payments should be made in two instalments: 30% of the total rental price at time of booking and 70% of the total rental price 2 weeks prior to arrival.

Cancellation Policy for all bookings made after 23 September 2025 

For all bookings that have been made directly via our website our cancellation policy is as follows:

100% refund of any monies paid to date for a cancellation made 60 days and over, prior to arrival
50% refund
of any monies paid to date for a cancellation made 30 – 59 days prior to arrival
0% refund 
of any monies paid to date for a cancellation made 0 – 29 days prior to arrival

In all cases we offer the possibility of carrying the booking forward to a future date.  Please contact us as soon as possible if you are going to have to cancel your stay with us.

SECURITY DEPOSIT

No security deposit is required. We have found over 23 years of operation that the most a guest may break is a plate or glass and this we happily absorb into the cost. In the highly unlikely event of something more substantial taking place we can discuss at the time the best resolution.

PARTY NUMBER

Please advise us of all members in your party and please inform us in advance of any special requirements (e.g. cot, high chair, stair gate, extra beds etc)

N.B.

We reserve the right to alter or change amenities if necessary.
Clients will be informed accordingly beforehand.
Insurance: We highly recommend that the Client and his/her party are insured for all risks associated 
with the rental of the property.

General Conditions: We will ensure that, on arrival, the bedrooms are made up and ready for use in accordance
 with your instructions (e.g. bedroom configuration: double/twin/single beds, cot etc).
The Client is advised to contact us or our keyholders with any problems encountered during his/her stay.
When we receive your deposit we will send a confirmation of the booking which is also a receipt for the deposit.