À la Fraîche is a country house in Auteuil-le-Roi, in the Yvelines, that companies rent for seminars, study days, management meetings and team building. The ground floor is privatized, with a 30 m² meeting room for up to 12 seated people, and events mixing indoors and outdoors can reach 25 to 30 guests. The site places itself about 45 minutes from Paris.
Seminars and company events
The house is aimed at small teams that want to work away from the city. During a seminar the 90 m² ground floor is reserved for your group: the meeting room, the lounges and the kitchen. Private offices for two or three people can be added, and in good weather the terrace and the 1,300 m² garden with pool extend the space. The venue lists study days, management committees, business lunches, after-work events and quiet working days for a team or a solo guest.
Included equipment is a fibre Wi-Fi connection of 500 Mb/s, a large touchscreen for presentations, a videoconference system, a paperboard, small office supplies, coffee and tea, and free parking. Optional services include breakfast and snacks, lunch formulas or a chef at home, a caterer for cocktails, a shuttle from Paris, video capture of the event and flexible hours.
The house also offers team building with a nature theme: nature, herbalism, cooking, relaxation and action activities, to add to the working day.
Rooms and capacities
The main room measures 30 m² and seats 12 around the meeting table. The total house is 170 m², of which 90 m² on the ground floor are privatized for day events, with lounges and a kitchen. For events that use the inside and the garden together, the venue gives a capacity of 25 to 30 guests. The pool and terrace are available in fine weather.
Accommodation
Four bedrooms are on site, for 6 to 8 beds depending on the layout. Pilea measures 16 m² and sleeps up to 2 with a 160 cm bed and a small desk. Dragonnier measures 17 m² and sleeps up to 2, with a large desk and a view of the garden and terrace. Ficus is a 9 m² single room with a desk. Yucca is a 31 m² dormitory with three single beds and a private bathroom. The floor shares two bathrooms and three toilets, a small lounge with a stove and a large lounge with a fireplace.
For larger groups, the hosts book partner accommodation nearby. One is the Auberge du Chasseur in Grosrouvre, 13 minutes away, with four rooms for up to 8 people. Hotels and country gîtes in the area are also used, and a shuttle can be arranged. Everything is included in a single quote.
Catering
Catering is arranged on request: breakfast and snacks, lunch formulas, a chef who cooks at the house, or a caterer for standing cocktails. The kitchen is available to the group, and meals can be taken on the terrace or beside the pool.
History and setting
The house stands in the countryside of the Yvelines, in a village setting with fields around. The venue lists the Château de Versailles, Rambouillet, Dampierre-en-Yvelines, Breteuil and Saint-Germain-en-Laye among the sights within reach for a free afternoon.
Getting there
The site is west of Paris and mentions access times of about 35 to 45 minutes from La Défense, Nanterre and Boulogne-Billancourt, and from Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and Versailles. A page on the venue's site explains how to reach it, and a shuttle from Paris is an option.
