Beautiful location
You couldn’t wish for a better location and the view from the French doors was so lovely. We sat outside in the evening and could see the stars really clearly and bats flying around. It was so quiet, which is exactly what we needed.
Comfortable accommodation
The accommodation was small, but fine for a base to go exploring. The bed was very comfortable and there was everything you needed in the kitchen.
Just not clean enough
A few minutes after walking in I could see that the carpet had not been hoovered properly, I could see long dark hair by the bed, cobwebs and little spiders on the ceiling and between furniture, and dust and dirt round the edges of everything. That resulted in me checking if other parts had been cleaned and I found dust on the bedside cabinets, grubby light switches, stains in cups (we had to wash up everything we wanted to use before we’d even used it ourselves, in case it hadn’t been cleaned properly), which leads me to believe that the COVID ‘Enhanced Cleaning Practices’ were not done in this property. If the light switches were dirty and the bedside cabinets were dusty, they had not been disinfected for a while.
So much was ridding on this break away to be stress free and I felt so disappointed by the cleanliness. We went out for dinner the first night and bought antibacterial wipes to go over the whole place with, I asked the owner for a hoover and said the property was not as clean as I expected, but there was no follow up to this. I was hoping to speak to the owner before our departure to explain my disappointment, but a note was attached to their front door (to the Tesco delivery person) saying they weren’t in. There was no way I was going to ask the owners to clean it again as by that point I did not trust in their abilities and had to do it myself for my own peace of mind.
The bathroom did seem clean, and all the bedding and towels were fresh. However, there was always a sewage-like smell coming from the bathroom, so much so that we had to keep the bathroom door closed at all times and by air freshener to mask the smell.