Jude Brazendale & Jon Davison
9 Rue des Mitons. 81170 Cordes-sur-Ciel
 Occitanie, France              

GENERAL INFORMATION

Our property (9 Rue des Mitons, Cordes- sur-Ciel, Occitanie, France) is the second road down from the Grand Rue Raimond VII at the top of the village of Cordes, facing south (So we get sunrise and sunset throughout the year). The house is visible from the D600 into Cordes, and is the one with the metal pergola structure on the edge of Les Ramparts. The house is visible at the top of the village in these images below, and is directly below the vertical stone wall at far left (the fig tree and foliage beneath the wall is our garden).

The house has three floors and sits on 650 square metres over two levels, with garden space, large fig tree, lawn upper level.
Lower level has swimming pool, shed for storage and oil storage, garden and tiled patio.
Ground floor has kitchen, dining, pantry, lounge, bathroom.
Second floor (old pigeonnier) is the guests room with bathroom and a heat pump).
Lower floor (old barn) is the main bedroom, the cave, storage and indoor access to pool and patio.
The house has WiFi that works on all three levels. The entire ground floor (kitchen, dining area and lounge) has underfloor oil fired heating, so it’s great in winter).
More images of Cordes here.
All photos © Jon Davison 2017-2024.

Cordes-sur-Ciel from le Grain de Sel. You can just see the pergola at the edge of our garden

CONTACT INFO

Jon Davison
Photography & Publishing
T: + 33 (0) 680 806 198
W: www.eyeinthesky.com.au
E: jon@eyeinthesky.com.au
Facebook; jondcameraman
9 Rue des Mitons 81170 Cordes sur Ciel Occitanie
FRANCE 

Jude Brazendale
T: + 33 (0) 789 379 290
E: judebrazendale@icloud.com

EMERGENCY CONTACTS
General advice, help, coffee etc; Marc Trinquet +33 7 83 44 36 23 (lives corner Rue Notre Dame/Chemin sous les Fenetres)

Or Dominique Menot (our French teacher) +33 6 47 64 87 65 or email: menot.dominique@orange.fr

Chauffauge or electrical repair, problems etc
Email Richard Maury
richard.maury@gmail.com

General house repairs or problems
Mohamed ‘Momo’ Abchir: mohamed.abchir@orange.fr
+33 6 75 44 93 36
or
Olivier Couteret; + 33 6 70 32 82 02 (Our neighbour in Mitons just in from Portail Peint).

Plumbing
Maththieu Jones
+33 6 31 05 79 69

The Pool

• Just check once a week or so to clear the skimmer basket of leaves
• Add one Chlorine tablet every two weeks, or when it looks like it need it
• Use the pool broom to brush off any green algae build up on the walls
• If you hear a gurgling sound coming from the skimmer basket end of the pool, it means the pool needs more water
So just throw in the hose and let it run for say 30 mins. As the weather warms up or the water evaporates, you may hear this.

GETTING HERE AND AROUND

DRIVING TO RUE DES MITONS

Directions for driving to Rue des Mitons
This is a very narrow road to get into and out of. You must go up into La Cite from the lower town opposite the La Bistro cafe on Rue de la Bouteillerie. Carry on this road where it becomes Les Remparts and then becomes le Planol past the old tower and Chambre d’hotes etc. At the end of this turn right (don’t carry on down the hill) into La Cite through the Porte des Ormeaux. Through the Porte take the left cobbled road (Rue St Michel), carry on through the narrow space beside the church. Carry on past Hostellerie du Vieux Cordes at the end. Then turn sharp right here past the right side of the covered market (Les Halles). Turn left into Grand Rue Raimond, and carry on down and through the Portail Peint. Turn sharp RIGHT immediately you exit the gate, this is Rue des Mitons. Carry on until you see our wall and doorway at No9. You may see our Passat or our neighbour’s car beside our house. Just park in front of no9. You have to reverse to drive out due to a fire in 2023. So don’t drive forward.

WALKING DOWN fROM MITONS
Exiting our gate, turn right and carry on down the hill. Pass Patrick the jeweller, after passing through Porte de Vainqueur, turn left down the hill.
Go past the grand Barbacane tower, still going down, then turn left at the Lime tree still going down the hill. Keep going and pass through Porte L’Horloge. Keep on going down Grand rue de L’Horloge and you will end up at Cordes en Bas (the lower town). If you go left you will get to the boulangerie, pharmacy and doctors (across the road). If you go right at the bottom of the hill you will be beside the Maison le la Press (newsagent) and Le Moulin (baker, cafe). Across the road from this is the Carrefour supermarket. If you keep on going down from the Carrefour you may find Tom’s coffee and cake place is open.

REVERSE DIRECTIONS TO RUE DES MITONS
You can either walk back the way you came up (the right road) and through Porte L’Horloge. Or walk up Rue de la Bouteillerie (the left road), keep going past the Pater Noster steps. You will come to a lane ‘La Rampes’ going off the road on the right (pix 2 & 3). Continue up here past the now fenced off Rue Chaude, via a dogleg, then you will be on Rue des Mitons. Turn right to No9.

   Renovations; the pool         Renovations: the living room.        Renovations; Ensuite      Guests room. Cordes    

Food n’things

Aster restaurant in Les Cabannes (the village to the west that joins Cordes, it’s walkable). Josh is a lovely American creative chef. His food is stunning!
Please tell him who you are. Facebook page.

Le Planche de Bacchus. In the main Grand Rue Raimond VII of Cordes, just down from the Office de Tourism; Facebook page.

English fish ‘n chips, ‘Cod-en-Bleu’ once a month on a Tuesday at Auros Brasserie, it’s walkable. You need to book on-line. Book here.

Just follow the red arrows!

After you have turned into La Cite through the Porte des Ormeaux, take the left cobbled road (Rue St Michel), then through the narrow space beside the church. Carry on past Le Vieux Cordes hotel and restaurant. Turn sharp right here down the right side of the covered market (Les Halles). Turn left and carry on down Grand Rue Raymond and through the Portail Peint. Turn sharp RIGHT just after you exit the gate, into Rue des Mitons.