The cottage itself is attractive, although it was cold when I was there, and there was no heating in either of the bedrooms. The location is also good. However, when I arrived, there was no wifi although the place had been advertised as having wifi when I booked it. After I contacted the host about this, I was offered a portable wifi device for my month's stay - the 2BG left on it would normally last me no longer than a day. After complaining to Airbnb, the host organised for broadband to be connected within a couple of weeks.
Then to the issue of cleanliness. The place had been cleaned before I arrived, but not well. There was mould on the bathroom wall and the shower curtain was filthy and covered in mould. There were thick swathes of dust along the wainscoting and kitchen cupboards were sticky and clearly had not been cleaned for months, if not years. I ate in the kitchen very carefully as I'm a tidy person, and also coeliac, but unfortunately I didn't see the crumbs and dirt in the cutlery drawer and became ill. After this I contacted the owner and asked for him to pay for a cleaner to clean the place. This is when things got interesting.
Not only did he refuse to get the place cleaned, he did not inspect the place, and dismissed my photographs documenting the dirt as "inconclusive". He said he had never had a bad review and encouraged me to read the positive reviews of his place on Airbnb instead. He then instructed me not to contact him further. I contacted Airbnb and provided those photographs and screenshots of my contact with the host, and they found it was a clear hosting violation on the basis of cleanliness. After he did not respond to Airbnb either, they agreed to let me terminate the listing and revive a refund for the nights I did not stay there.
Book anything with this host at your own risk! He is very difficult to deal with, and very unprofessional.