Maison La Fugue is a fully privatized country house in Jumeauville, in the Yvelines, that hosts residential seminars, management committee meetings, study days and team-building days for 12 to 40 participants, with 14 beds on site. The whole property is for one group at a time: main house, guest house and barn, inside and out.
Seminars and company events
The house is set up for off-site work 45 minutes from Paris. Formats named on the official site include team seminars, cohesion and team-building days, off-site days in the country, study days and management committee or executive board retreats. Two equipped meeting rooms handle the working sessions, and the owner, who comes from trade show organization, supports the planning. Team-building activities can be added on request.
Rooms and capacities
La Grange is the larger room. It has stone walls, daylight, a screen, a paperboard and fiber wifi. It takes 16 to 40 people in a cocktail layout and can be reconfigured to suit the program. Le Salon is the small room, for up to 12 people, with a screen, a projector and fiber wifi. It suits strategic meetings and small-group discussions in a quiet, home-like setting.
Around these rooms, the property offers a kitchen, a dining room, a lounge, a garden, a pool house with a heated pool from May to September, a plancha for outdoor cooking, a practice room used for yoga and wellness sessions, a massage room, a piano and board games. These spaces give a group room for breaks and informal time between sessions.
Accommodation
Seven bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, are spread between the main house and the guest house. They sleep up to 14 people in a residential format. Beds are single and can be joined into a double when needed. Larger groups of up to 40 can attend a day seminar, with the residential part limited to the 14 beds.
Catering
Catering is adapted to the group and the format. The official site lists several options depending on the number of participants and the organization of the seminar: delivered meals, served cold or reheated; shared, convivial formats; a chef working on site under certain conditions; and breaks, brunches or snacks. There is no fixed in-house restaurant, so the menu is agreed with the owner when the request is made.
History and setting
The property is a former farm complex that has been restored. Three buildings cover 450 square meters in total: the main house, the guest house and the barn. The village of Jumeauville lies near Maule and Thoiry, in the countryside of the Yvelines. The setting is domestic rather than corporate: stone walls, a garden and a fireplace for winter days.
Getting there
The house is 45 minutes from Paris by train, with travel covered by the regional Pass Navigo according to the official site. The address is 43 Grande Rue, 78580 Jumeauville. Ask the owner about the walk or transfer from the station before you book, and about parking for groups arriving by car.
The official site describes the house as available for private use only, so a booking covers all rooms and outdoor areas for your group alone. Dates, group size, desired layout and catering format are the four points to settle first when you send a request.
