“After months of looking forward to this holiday, it unfortunately fell short of expectations.”
The house is well laid out, well located, spacious and the furniture is comfortable. It is however, very dirty. The level of grime and dust on the surfaces, the bathrooms, the fireplaces, the blinds, floors and windows was awful. It honestly made my skin crawl, and had it not been for it being the summer holidays with children and there being no alternative options, we would have left. We did leave one day early as we just got to the point where we couldn’t stand it any longer. It’s clear it is given a quick once over between guests but is in desperate need of a deep clean and spruce up - all the walls are scuffed / marked, particularly in the kitchen. I had to scrub the shower head to get some of the limescale off to allow more water to come out, due to the little holes being blocked! Dog hair was everywhere to the point of my family sneezing all the time with the dust in the air. I tried to fix this by having a good hoover around - this was a mistake the smell of wet musty dog that came from the hoover was absolutely disgusting.
There is damage to the hob that has been left sharp and unsuitable for children. There is also damage to the oven. The dishwasher was full on arrival, it had been on but not rinsed so needed further washing to get previous guests stuck on food off.
The waste situation is ridiculous. Food, glass, recycling and waste has to be separated. We are fine with this, but you are given a threat to being charged if you don’t follow it! The problem is, there are no bins so rubbish has to be left outside for the owners to collect when they check the hot tub. This was supposed to be daily but bags were left multiple times all day. The food waste is stored in a small bin that is designed to be emptied each week but we were not told which day despite being there for two weeks, so it was not emptied and the smell was absolutely rotten. It ended up being too full and I had to try and find a way to cover over additional bags to keep them from being ripped open by animals.
There are outdoor games that have been packed away wet and left to go mouldy, something I did not notice until my children were already playing with it!
The hot tub is very small and would be a struggle to fit more than two adults. In addition, only 5 of 12 jets work, making it less of a hot tub and more of an outside bath.
Be prepared to park away from the house as the neighbours park in front of the house and are not at all friendly. This is not the owners fault but people should be aware, when the neighbours go out, their dog barks, constantly.