BTW:
Steve, please give us some more details on the house and the town/area, is there a webpage or something?
Michael,
Send me your email address and I'll get my contact to send you the information directly.
Both houses are in Callian in the Var.
You could look up on the internet: Callian, Montauroux (where I live), Seillan, Fayence and Grasse.
The first four places are within a stones throw of each other. Grasse is 15-20 mins away. You can find everything you need to know on the net. If there is anything particular, just ask me.
It would be different than the likes of London, mainly due to the lack of effective public transport. This would effectively mean that there would be less opportunity to wander off very far on your own, but would be part of a group. To be honest, this is how it seemed to work out in London, with most everyone wanting to go out in a group. This would just make it easier.
I would be quite happy to pick people up from the airport and transport them to the house, so in that respect it would also prove easier. It's a personal choice, but I think I would have enjoyed London more if it had been for longer, and we had actually been in a house together. Each to there own, I guess.