Where to begin... When I booked this place, I was attracted by the scenery around the cottage and having read the previous reviews I though this would be a lovely place to stay. We booked and stayed for 6 nights.
Let's begin with the positives. Yes it has beautiful scenery. Yes it is quiet and tucked away. ..That's it.
The place has no heating or cooling in the bedrooms. It has a single air conditioner that barely blows ANY cool air across the entire living area/kitchen and the place has no insulation at all.
Why not open the windows on a hot summer night? We tried except the 1970's (see pictures) blinds don't flick all the way up and they get stuck part way, then there is the sliding door fly screen which is so old and so warped (see picture) that it has a wide gap between it and the door frame - meaning that when you close the fly screen door to get some air, the living room fills with mosquitoes. This is how we spent the evenings - hot, bothered and being bitted by mosquitoes.
If you thought it can only get better from there, think again. The shower head doesn't pour water. Literally - a sad flow but nothing you can shower in properly - I grant they are not on main water and have water tanks, and would be understandable if they had installed 'water saving shower heads" but there is NO FLOW in the shower to clean yourself - see picture.
In addition, the plumbing to the bathroom is such a hack job that you either have a drizzling hot water shower or a drizzling cold water shower - the flow is so limited it does not cope with both taps running at the same time.
Prior to booking the cottage, I contacted the owner and sought confirmation that the beds were firm and supportive for the back. He confirmed they were. Let us say the beds were soft and lumpy.
Other joys? The driveway has a serious infestation of ants - not one or two mounds but dozens and dozens. If you stood at the car for over 3 seconds taking things out of it your feet would be swarmed by biting ants. The only option? Sneakers and swatting the ants as they climbed up - dashing back and forth to the deck for relief from the ants.
Shall I continue? The ignition in the stove and the oven do not work and there is no alternative supplied to light either. The dryer and washing machine supplied are so old (see pictures) that the washing machine jumps 30cm across the tiles in the spin cycle and dumps water from under the machine!
We were beyond ripped off for what we paid for this joint. For what I paid for this wreck of a 'cottage' I could have stayed in comfortable resort, with firm beds, a flowing shower with hot and cold and appliances, an air conditioner that cooled me down and appliances that are not antiques and barely functioning.