We got a great welcoming and treatment of the host, Nicolas, while being in the house, but after we left it all changed. We were pressed to pay excessive extra fees and got no replies on our objection to this.
In short we stayed for 10 days. Around day 5 we paid extra for an extra cleaning to keep the place nice.
After we left all seemed fine and the house was in same condition as when we had it cleaned 5 days ago. However, some days after we left we got an extra bill of "an substantial amount" for the cleaning and together with that a mail from the host, which forwarded a mail from the cleaners with close-up photos of hair from our dog on the terrasse and food from our baby around the table. Together with that a remark from the cleaners that cannot be interpreted other than we were "swines" and should basically have cleaned before they arrived.
The host charged us the the substantial amount straight away without hearing our side of the story first and did not respond to our objection to this. Specifically the extra charge were to cover filt on a floor-towel, blood on a sheet and other stuff hard to understand as it were in French. We could not recognise any of this but offered to pay some extra in case it was true. As for the floor-towel it is not very useful if it has to be replaced if there is dirt on it - it seems nothing in the house can be washed all has to be replaced.
We have stayed in +10 houses in the area and never experienced anything near this, so even though the house and area is nice I would stay clear. In total we have payed almost half of the total price for the vacation for cleaning for a ten day period. And as a property owner my self with cleaners in +20 units I find that very excessive especially as it was left in a normal. used condition.