great points about this house
- This house was in a great location, everything was easily accessible with our hire car.
- The gardens and pool were beautiful and well maintained
- The house was clean upon arrival
- very equipped kitchen
- great layout and use of space
Somethings worth noting about this house - I appreciate that these issues are out of the host's control but I may have considered staying somewhere else if I had known these things prior. It is a very expensive place to stay when expecting peace and quiet and not obtaining that :(
- The 2 houses over the back fence both have 2 dogs each. One neighbour, in particular, had VERY noisy dogs who barked from before 6am until into the evening, the other neighbour's dogs barked on and off, which is understandable, dogs do bark. If you're looking for peace and quiet, it is difficult due to the neighbour's dogs :(
- Again, due to the dogs being on the other side of the fence, when they went to the toilet the smell was obvious when sitting around the pool area.
- The 2 houses on either side appear to be possible FIFO homes as there is a lot of coming and going all hours (I wouldn't describe it as private).
Some considerations - we have travelled all over the world, staying in many, many Air BnB's and I have to say unfortunately I would have expected a bit more for the cost of the accommodation. It's the little thoughtful touches when in this price range that makes all the difference.
For example
- We were only provided with 2 smallish bath towels for our 6-night stay, with having 2 showers a day most days due to the heat, being in the pool and the sand etc, I would benefit from extra towels. These towels were also fraying.
- I could not find any beach/pool towels anywhere, this was disappointing
- There is only one very soft pillow provided per adult. I felt that at least 2 would have been preferable.
- There was no board games - I know I could be seen as nitpicking here but when the temps were reaching 40 degrees with high humidity on a few days during our stay, board games would have been a wonderful thing to have had. They are often available in the accommodation we have stayed in.
- Again, possibly nitpicking but with the cost of the accommodation, it would have been nice to have had access to Netflix. We do not have an account as normally do not watch a huge amount of TV and as there weren't any board games, access would have been great on the very hot days we stayed inside.
The house itself is lovely, and it looks just like it does in the photos, but I personally feel it is overpriced for what is provided and the residential area surrounding it (dogs constantly barking and lots of coming and going, the house is very well maintained and set up in comparison with its neighbours).