The outside space, living rooms and all bedrooms were perfect. Super clean, comfortable and really well thought out (especially the garden). The host was superb - incredibly responsive and helpful.
The kitchen was not great for us as we stayed a week but I think it would be fine for a short stay. We wanted to cook most meals and found it hard. There is only one frying type pan (lots of saucepan/pots but no other âcooking panâ), only one chopping board, the knives are blunt and there is not enough cutlery, mugs etc to fill the dishwasher before you run out - so we ended up hand washing everything which wasnât a lot of fun.
The kitchen is pretty old and tired and the insides and outsides of the cupboards and outside of the fridge arenât the cleanest - unlike the rest of the house which is amazing.
There is no access to a washing machine without the ownerâs escort. The listing says there is drying facilities which I then (wrongly) assumed meant there was a washing machine. This was pretty inconvenient, but was my fault for not checking with the owner before we booked.
Last thing is that the garage is used by the owner as a service area which was not made clear to us. This area opens up into the house but cannot be secured by the guest, and when we arrived we unknowingly opened the door when looking for the washing machine and found the cleaning lady chopping fruit and chatting on the phone. This access to the house wasnât what we thought we had rented, so was a surprise!