
    <article class="propertyReview" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Review">
    <meta itemprop="itemreviewed" content="Romantic, stunning 17th Century house/ private pool /historic picturesque Gordes">
    <meta itemprop="rating" content="5">
    <meta itemprop="dtreviewed" content=" 2018-07-29" >

    <p class="avatarContainer">
        <img src="" height="55" width="55" data-echo="//s4.fkimg.com/res/1380077912/assets/public/images/avatar_photos/avatar070.jpg" alt=""/>
    </p>

    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Provence at its best - a hidden gem&#8221;</h4>

    <div class="review-rating">
        <p class="ta-rating mediumSmRatings rating-5-5">
            <span class="ratingsIcon"></span>
        </p>
        <span>Reviewed 29 Jul 2018</span>
    </div>

    <div class="mainReviewBody">
                    <p>A fabulous house, completely private, just a mile from the delighful Gordes, one of France&#039;s 100 most beautiful villages, in some lovely typical Provencal countryside.  The house is nicely furnis&hellip;
                <a href="#" class="more-or-less more" rel="nofollow" data-href="/rentals/reviews/2397875519">
                    <span class="show-more">
                        More                    </span>
                </a>
            </p>
            </div>

            <p class="owner-response">
            <span class="owner-response-title">Response from the owner</span>
            <span>I was speaking to someone who hosts in Greece and she put it quite simply that it makes one happy to be part of a good life experience. Thank you too. It was great to have you stay.</span>
        </p>
    
</article>    <article class="propertyReview" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Review">
    <meta itemprop="itemreviewed" content="Romantic, stunning 17th Century house/ private pool /historic picturesque Gordes">
    <meta itemprop="rating" content="5">
    <meta itemprop="dtreviewed" content=" 2018-07-14" >

    <p class="avatarContainer">
        <img src="" height="55" width="55" data-echo="//s4.fkimg.com/res/1380077912/assets/public/images/avatar_photos/avatar055.jpg" alt=""/>
    </p>

    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Returned for the 3rd year in succession&#8221;</h4>

    <div class="review-rating">
        <p class="ta-rating mediumSmRatings rating-5-5">
            <span class="ratingsIcon"></span>
        </p>
        <span>Reviewed 14 Jul 2018</span>
    </div>

    <div class="mainReviewBody">
                    <p>This is the perfect spot for a perfect holiday. It always feels like home. It is a few minutes down the hill from Gordes. There are a few houses around, but you can&#039;t see them through all the tre&hellip;
                <a href="#" class="more-or-less more" rel="nofollow" data-href="/rentals/reviews/2351531452">
                    <span class="show-more">
                        More                    </span>
                </a>
            </p>
            </div>

            <p class="owner-response">
            <span class="owner-response-title">Response from the owner</span>
            <span>Thank you so much. Always thrilled that you had a wonderful time and always happy to have you stay. Perfect guests.
I must try out some of your finds.</span>
        </p>
    
</article>    <article class="propertyReview" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Review">
    <meta itemprop="itemreviewed" content="Romantic, stunning 17th Century house/ private pool /historic picturesque Gordes">
    <meta itemprop="rating" content="5">
    <meta itemprop="dtreviewed" content=" 2017-10-03" >

    <p class="avatarContainer">
        <img src="" height="55" width="55" data-echo="//s4.fkimg.com/res/1380077912/assets/public/images/avatar_photos/avatar028.jpg" alt=""/>
    </p>

    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Our second stay and ot was twice as lomng as last year.&#8221;</h4>

    <div class="review-rating">
        <p class="ta-rating mediumSmRatings rating-5-5">
            <span class="ratingsIcon"></span>
        </p>
        <span>Reviewed 3 Oct 2017</span>
    </div>

    <div class="mainReviewBody">
                    <p>Wonderful house, grounds and pool, with some mysterious spots at the boundaries. Get your bread and patisserie at Mamie Jeanne in Gordes - simply the best. Sunday lunch outside at the old post office &hellip;
                <a href="#" class="more-or-less more" rel="nofollow" data-href="/rentals/reviews/1363727752">
                    <span class="show-more">
                        More                    </span>
                </a>
            </p>
            </div>

    
</article>    <article class="propertyReview" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Review">
    <meta itemprop="itemreviewed" content="Romantic, stunning 17th Century house/ private pool /historic picturesque Gordes">
    <meta itemprop="rating" content="5">
    <meta itemprop="dtreviewed" content=" 2017-08-21" >

    <p class="avatarContainer">
        <img src="" height="55" width="55" data-echo="//s4.fkimg.com/res/1380077912/assets/public/images/avatar_photos/avatar061.jpg" alt=""/>
    </p>

    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Tr&egrave;s bel endroit&#8221;</h4>

    <div class="review-rating">
        <p class="ta-rating mediumSmRatings rating-5-5">
            <span class="ratingsIcon"></span>
        </p>
        <span>Reviewed 21 Aug 2017</span>
    </div>

    <div class="mainReviewBody">
                    <p>Nous avons r&eacute;serv&eacute; la maison Belle de Jour pour le week end du 1er mai 2017. Excellent contact pr&eacute;alable avec Val&eacute;rie la propri&eacute;taire, qui a gentiment r&eacute;pondu&hellip;
                <a href="#" class="more-or-less more" rel="nofollow" data-href="/rentals/reviews/1267373225">
                    <span class="show-more">
                        More                    </span>
                </a>
            </p>
            </div>

            <p class="owner-response">
            <span class="owner-response-title">Response from the owner</span>
            <span>Merci. C&#039;etais un grand plaisir de vous accueillir chez moi. J&#039;espere que vous retournerez un jour et trouver aussi une plus belle maison. Merci encore.</span>
        </p>
    
</article>    <article class="propertyReview" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Review">
    <meta itemprop="itemreviewed" content="Romantic, stunning 17th Century house/ private pool /historic picturesque Gordes">
    <meta itemprop="rating" content="5">
    <meta itemprop="dtreviewed" content=" 2017-04-29" >

    <p class="avatarContainer">
        <img src="" height="55" width="55" data-echo="//s4.fkimg.com/res/1380077912/assets/public/images/avatar_photos/avatar065.jpg" alt=""/>
    </p>

    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;A PIECE OF PARADISE. Highly recommended.&#8221;</h4>

    <div class="review-rating">
        <p class="ta-rating mediumSmRatings rating-5-5">
            <span class="ratingsIcon"></span>
        </p>
        <span>Reviewed 29 Apr 2017</span>
    </div>

    <div class="mainReviewBody">
                    <p>My husband and I spent three perfect days at this magical villa. We loved it when we rented it 4 years ago. We loved the stylish modern decor with attention to details .The pool was beautiful and the &hellip;
                <a href="#" class="more-or-less more" rel="nofollow" data-href="/rentals/reviews/1067746599">
                    <span class="show-more">
                        More                    </span>
                </a>
            </p>
            </div>

            <p class="owner-response">
            <span class="owner-response-title">Response from the owner</span>
            <span>Thank you for the great review. Just want to point out that the upgrades were done some years ago, previous to the bad review.  In fact that is why the review was also particularly upsetting. and untrue. 
Glad you enjoyed it.</span>
        </p>
    
</article>    <article class="propertyReview" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Review">
    <meta itemprop="itemreviewed" content="Romantic, stunning 17th Century house/ private pool /historic picturesque Gordes">
    <meta itemprop="rating" content="2">
    <meta itemprop="dtreviewed" content=" 2016-08-23" >

    <p class="avatarContainer">
        <img src="" height="55" width="55" data-echo="//s4.fkimg.com/res/1380077912/assets/public/images/avatar_photos/avatar053.jpg" alt=""/>
    </p>

    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Terrible Holiday Experience resolved by Holiday Lettings&#8221;</h4>

    <div class="review-rating">
        <p class="ta-rating mediumSmRatings rating-2-5">
            <span class="ratingsIcon"></span>
        </p>
        <span>Reviewed 23 Aug 2016</span>
    </div>

    <div class="mainReviewBody">
                    <p>We arrived at this house to find a green murky pool.

The owner Valerie initially accepted there was an issue but gave no reassurances over the time to resolve the situation.  We decided to move on to&hellip;
                <a href="#" class="more-or-less more" rel="nofollow" data-href="/rentals/reviews/714106418">
                    <span class="show-more">
                        More                    </span>
                </a>
            </p>
            </div>

            <p class="owner-response">
            <span class="owner-response-title">Response from the owner</span>
            <span>I will most certainly respond. The guests contacted me as soon as they arrived to complain about the pool. I contacted my pool person immediately who explained to me that there had been a massive storm a few days previously which caused the PH of the pool to be unbalanced and it had to settle down for the products to work. Even though the pool was not at its clear best, it was absolutely useable ( just like the Rio Olympic pool...). Regardless of this, the same day, I contacted a highly reputable and recommended pool company to come and see what they could do. Mr. Carnaudo of Bleu Luberon assured me that the pool was not perfect but the colour was not that bad ( I was very surprised to hear this given Mr. Quilter&#039;s description) and that the pool was completely useable. He also told me that it would be fine in two days  (this is a company recommended by the prestigious Rosier Estate Agents in Gordes ...I wanted the best and was prepared to pay for this). I conveyed this to the guests and to my surprise, they were insistant on leaving ASAP and told me they had already booked somewhere else. I explained again that the second opinion and intervention to sort out the pool assured me it would be fine in two days. On the 29th June, I was  sent photos by this new pool company to assure me that the pool had improved a great deal. I have these photos and I certainly didn&#039;t see any child. My pool man Jonathan also came to attend to the pool. He has a child so as he also photographed the pool  ( to show me that it was fine). Perhaps his child was in the photo but certainly the photo showing a clear pool was definitely my pool taken at that time Mr. Quilter was staying there. Jonathan has worked for me for 13 years. He has never taken a photo of my pool except on this occasion and I also vouch for his honesty. the suggestion by Mr. Quilter that I or Jonathan or the second pool company I had called in had produced another photo taken another time is  absolutely UNTRUE. 
Mr.Quilter left on the afternoon of the 6th day ( I was surprised, he had stayed so long). I contacted Holidaylettings and explained the situation and that I had at first immediately agreed to return all payment to Mr. Quilter based on his complaints from the first day. I explained and sent Holidaylettings photos taken by the two pool men showing the pool and asked what sort of refund I should be giving. They assured me that the Quilter&#039;s complaints did not warrant a refund at all and that the issue was resolved in less then 3 days and they could have stayed and enjoyed the greater part of their holiday instead of deciding to leave on day one.
My gardener also told me that the guests said they didn&#039;t like the house and wanted to leave. I has already sensed that there were alterior motives for this immediate decision to leave the house. 
I would normally not hesitate to refund money. I had to do that two years ago when the pool had some algae. Because of this I spent &euro;10.000 refurbishing the pool last year...so it is in essence ...a new pool.
I take my role as a host very very seriously. I get anxious if things go wrong...but as people can see from all my reviews, guests love the place and fully appreciate how attentive I am to make their stay something special and it is  a great pleasure.
I took my advise from Holidayletting regarding the refund so I don&#039;t think I did anything wrong.
There is air conditioning in the whole of the downstairs ( living room and kitchen/diner) and an electric fan in one of the bedrooms. There are three double patio doors and a window downstairs and if these are open, there is plenty of through breeze to cool the house and it is lovely. I ask guests not to use the aircon unnecessarily in both summer and slightly colder months when it can be used to heat the house too. This is what we practice in our own homes. When I rent other people&#039;s homes I am mindful of all these things including leaving lights on unnecessarily and some hosts do remind guests . I don&#039;t see how that is wrong. I would rather keep all costs down so the rates are also lower rather then increasing rates because guests are extravagant and careless of consumption. Besides, aircon only really works if you close all the doors and windows and allow the cold air to cool the house. Natural breeze does it even better..

Finally, I also am happy to say that this is very much an isolated incident. I am sorry the Quilter&#039;s felt the pool problem which was resolved in two days warranted leaving five days into their holiday with five more days to enjoy themselves. Its always sad when people are not happy but I do a lot to ensure a wonderful experience all round and so far I am thrilled by the acknowledgement of so many wonderful guests over 14 years.</span>
        </p>
    
</article>    <article class="propertyReview" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Review">
    <meta itemprop="itemreviewed" content="Romantic, stunning 17th Century house/ private pool /historic picturesque Gordes">
    <meta itemprop="rating" content="5">
    <meta itemprop="dtreviewed" content=" 2015-07-23" >

    <p class="avatarContainer">
        <img src="" height="55" width="55" data-echo="//s4.fkimg.com/res/1380077912/assets/public/images/avatar_photos/avatar038.jpg" alt=""/>
    </p>

    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Outstanding!!!&#8221;</h4>

    <div class="review-rating">
        <p class="ta-rating mediumSmRatings rating-5-5">
            <span class="ratingsIcon"></span>
        </p>
        <span>Reviewed 23 Jul 2015</span>
    </div>

    <div class="mainReviewBody">
                    <p>The only word to define our stay at Belle de Jour is  outstanding. We chose to stay there as a way to relax prior to our return home. We loved the ambiance and blissful setting. What is wonderful abou&hellip;
                <a href="#" class="more-or-less more" rel="nofollow" data-href="/rentals/reviews/276752103">
                    <span class="show-more">
                        More                    </span>
                </a>
            </p>
            </div>

            <p class="owner-response">
            <span class="owner-response-title">Response from the owner</span>
            <span>It gives me great joy to know you had such a great time. I agree the region  is a perfect blend of nature and culture. I hope to see you again.</span>
        </p>
    
</article>    <article class="propertyReview" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Review">
    <meta itemprop="itemreviewed" content="Romantic, stunning 17th Century house/ private pool /historic picturesque Gordes">
    <meta itemprop="rating" content="5">
    <meta itemprop="dtreviewed" content=" 2015-07-01" >

    <p class="avatarContainer">
        <img src="" height="55" width="55" data-echo="//s4.fkimg.com/res/1380077912/assets/public/images/avatar_photos/avatar043.jpg" alt=""/>
    </p>

    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Beautiful and Idyllic Place to spend our wedding anniversary&#8221;</h4>

    <div class="review-rating">
        <p class="ta-rating mediumSmRatings rating-5-5">
            <span class="ratingsIcon"></span>
        </p>
        <span>Reviewed 1 Jul 2015</span>
    </div>

    <div class="mainReviewBody">
                    <p>We had a wonderful holiday, and Belle de Jour could not have been a better place to spend our 10th wedding anniversary. We loved the building, both inside and out, and felt it had so much character, f&hellip;
                <a href="#" class="more-or-less more" rel="nofollow" data-href="/rentals/reviews/266484277">
                    <span class="show-more">
                        More                    </span>
                </a>
            </p>
            </div>

            <p class="owner-response">
            <span class="owner-response-title">Response from the owner</span>
            <span>Thank you for a wonderful review and really happy you enjoyed it so much. Belle De Jour seems to have quite an effect on people. I never want to leave once I arrive even during the colder months. 
Hope to see you again.</span>
        </p>
    
</article>    <article class="propertyReview" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Review">
    <meta itemprop="itemreviewed" content="Romantic, stunning 17th Century house/ private pool /historic picturesque Gordes">
    <meta itemprop="rating" content="5">
    <meta itemprop="dtreviewed" content=" 2015-03-31" >

    <p class="avatarContainer">
        <img src="" height="55" width="55" data-echo="//s4.fkimg.com/res/1380077912/assets/public/images/avatar_photos/avatar005.jpg" alt=""/>
    </p>

    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;&quot;Port in a storm&quot;&#8221;</h4>

    <div class="review-rating">
        <p class="ta-rating mediumSmRatings rating-5-5">
            <span class="ratingsIcon"></span>
        </p>
        <span>Reviewed 31 Mar 2015</span>
    </div>

    <div class="mainReviewBody">
                    <p>I wanted to find a two week retreat in order to finish a script i had begun writing in New York City last winter.
I stumbled upon a dear friend of mine who told me about a very charming and picturesqu&hellip;
                <a href="#" class="more-or-less more" rel="nofollow" data-href="/rentals/reviews/266476564">
                    <span class="show-more">
                        More                    </span>
                </a>
            </p>
            </div>

            <p class="owner-response">
            <span class="owner-response-title">Response from the owner</span>
            <span>Thank you. It was a pleasure to have you stay.</span>
        </p>
    
</article>    <article class="propertyReview" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Review">
    <meta itemprop="itemreviewed" content="Romantic, stunning 17th Century house/ private pool /historic picturesque Gordes">
    <meta itemprop="rating" content="4">
    <meta itemprop="dtreviewed" content=" 2015-03-24" >

    <p class="avatarContainer">
        <img src="" height="55" width="55" data-echo="//s4.fkimg.com/res/1380077912/assets/public/images/avatar_photos/avatar036.jpg" alt=""/>
    </p>

    <h4 itemprop="summary">&#8220;Charming house in a beautiful area&#8221;</h4>

    <div class="review-rating">
        <p class="ta-rating mediumSmRatings rating-4-5">
            <span class="ratingsIcon"></span>
        </p>
        <span>Reviewed 24 Mar 2015</span>
    </div>

    <div class="mainReviewBody">
                    <p>We have never visited this part of provence so it was wonderful to see it at a quiet time of year. The house was really pretty, freshly painted and tastefully decorated, very cosy, it is tucked away f&hellip;
                <a href="#" class="more-or-less more" rel="nofollow" data-href="/rentals/reviews/266476565">
                    <span class="show-more">
                        More                    </span>
                </a>
            </p>
            </div>

            <p class="owner-response">
            <span class="owner-response-title">Response from the owner</span>
            <span>The region is generally known for amazing sunshine and even March can be very warm but look forward to seeing you next year. Thank you and glad you enjoyed the place.</span>
        </p>
    
</article><div class="ajax-nav-panel-nav">
    <div id="reviewNav" class="reviews-pagination" data-total="13" data-other-lang-tot="1" data-other-lang-curr="1" data-replies-tot="11" data-replies-curr="9">
            <nav>
            
            
                <a rel="nofollow" class="active" href="#" data-href="/rentals/reviews/1104317/page/1">1</a>
            
                <a rel="nofollow" class="" href="#" data-href="/rentals/reviews/1104317/page/2">2</a>
            
            <a href="#" data-href="/rentals/reviews/1104317/page/2">&gt;</a>        </nav>
        <span>Review 1-10 of 13</span>
</div>
</div>

