Château des Lambeys

First the positive: the very large country house is beautifully situated in a large, walled domain. Safe and ideal for families with small children. The - somewhat small - swimming pool is childproof. Unfortunately it was not ready when we arrived and we had to wait until the following afternoon to find the welcome cooling. The house was a disappointment. Large, indeed, but old and dingy. Stuffed with - in our eyes - clutter that only collects dust in a holiday home and is completely unnecessary for the uninitiated in the history of the home. All the 'interesting flea market' aside, there is also real rubbish: broken beds, worn curtains, dozens of rusted keys, corkscrews, po "s ... you can hardly imagine if the rooms are or are full of them. There was also dust everywhere, spider webs decorated all corners and edges, we even had to drive away 2 bats from the bedrooms, carpets and mats are there, there are sagging, unattractive couches, dozens of useless cupboards and tables ... We left most of the rooms downstairs neat because of too dingy and (for our children) too "creepy". The bedrooms and bathrooms on the first floor can continue, although here too many mats and rugs, hanging curtains, totally unnecessary paintings and photos. Get rid of those things, freshen up the rooms with a lick of paint, nice curtains, and leave the floors free of mats (allergies). But the worst and completely unacceptable are the two attic rooms. Dirty pink floor coverings, curtains that are not worthy of the name and moreover hanging loose, dusty seats, a stuffed, old bookcase with books that nobody reads, rickety beds ... and most importantly: no shutters at the window and that at temperatures of 40 degrees. .. that was sweating at night and little or no night's rest. And then we have to talk about "the worst of the sausage" ..

We arrived early with a sick family member and given immediate access to the house. The bedrooms are fine, the first view and the building is impressive. There is sufficient material present in the kitchen. The owner is a very charming dame.Het entering the house faster (immense and so there is really need time to polish), was the cleaning lady also immediately signal to leave, which was really unfortunate. There were a lot of spider threads (not really one week), the sheets stuck in the kitchen .. I wanted to tell the dear lady that she has a beautiful building, but that it puts her a ride. But the cleaning lady remained studiously at the interview site and its relationship with the landlady seemed rather amicably. So, they have to figure out yourself, thought ik.De gardens, the pool, however, makes a lot of good. The magnificence of the building and the property of the bedrooms, with good beds.

We were 14 adults and had a very pleasant stay in this huge house in which many see is it seems like a museum with all the old furniture and stuff. The garden is lovely what a room and what a rest (we have but just do not have the jets which flew over a few times), sun and shade abound everywhere. A couple of negatives. One of the showers (Chamber 1) did not work properly, the water in the pool had the last few days a weird green color. Furthermore, a new dishwasher would be no luxury, this did not wash clean. Anyhow the house shows or any maintenance.