Although the property has very little ‘kerb appeal’, the inside is nice and serves the purpose for what we needed - a home away from home to spend a few days over Christmas. The bed was comfortable, and with an air-con in every bedroom plus living room, we coped with the heatwave quite well.
The manager, Michael, was very accommodating - he made sure there was a couple of large oven pans so we could cook Christmas Lunch! :)
The house was reasonably clean in the following areas: bedrooms, toilets, bathroom and lounge however, there were a couple of issues that need addressing, such as thick dust on some appliances and laundry windowsill, 2 light bulbs that didn’t work, making the step in to the laundry dangerous at night! The lack of soap in the bathroom and cracked & nearly empty soap dispenser in the kitchen was disappointing. Finding the ‘slide out tray’ under the toaster full of crumbs, some quite large, also a hair and crumbs/ dirty marks in the cutlery drawer, plus a dripping tap in the laundry, are other examples of how more attention needs to be given to the cleaning and maintenance. Also, only one tea towel, for a 3 day visit was inconvenient and a health issue.
On a positive note, the beds were nicely made up, the cupboard of supplies such as oil, salt, flour, tea and coffee was appreciated as travellers don’t want to purchase some items when they only need a small amount! Also, Michael met us as we were about to leave and was genuinely very open and concerned to hear more about the issues we’d encountered and promised to rectify them asap.