The nearest airport is Nice airport and is roughly a 25 minute drive to the house both Easy Jet and British Airways fly from Heathrow to Nice.

It has never been easier to drive to France from the UK with ferries from Dover to Calais and Dunkirk leaving every 2 hours. There is also the Eurotunnel with about 3 crossings every hour. 

The journey takes roughly 10 hours to 12 hours from here but has lots of amazing places, towns and cities to stop off and explore on the way.