French country residence with gas and water there (7)
I believe the answer is:
chateau
'french country residence' is the definition.
'chateau' can be an answer for 'residence' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'french country' bit.
'gas and water there' is the wordplay.
'gas' becomes 'chat' (both can mean to talk).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'water there' becomes 'eau' (I have seen 'French water ' mean 'eau' so perhaps 'water' could also mean 'eau'. I am not sure about the 'there' bit.).
'chat'+'eau'='CHATEAU'
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chateau that I've seen before include "Large French country house" , "Impressive house in France" , "eg Margaux" , "Kind of fine wine from the Bordeaux region" , "French manor house" .)