We have very much mixed feelings about this property.
Firstly, we appreciative of being able to stay somewhere which allowed us to bring our small dog. Secondly, we appreciated the garden, the furniture provided in the garden and the wonderful bird life of Exmouth, which visit the garden..including Peewees nesting in one of the larger trees.
We found the bed linen, bath towels to all be clean and good quality. The lounge setting was comfortable, as was our bed. We also appreciated the ceiling fan in the living area and our bedroom and a good supply of hot water to both the kitchen and bathroom.
...but, there's so many issues with this home. If it truly was just a simple, no frills house, I would be more than happy and would stay again. However, this home desperately needs to be re-wired. There are power points which either don't turn on or off. There's no wired-in outdoor lighting, instead it is a system of extension cords which have been pulled through an air vent. There's a smoke alarm in the kitchen, but I wouldn't want to bank my life on it working...it looks ancient and I think was partially painted at some stage. There's also a number of double adapters and leads going to freezers, fridges and washing machine in the laundry. It looks ugly and dangerous.
In the bathroom, a new vanity basin has been installed, but an ancient bath tub needs to be replaced. It is rusted and repaired and definitely not somewhere parents would want to bath their children.
Most of the house has no fly screens....whether any windows can be opened is a question, as whoever painted, has never heard of drop-sheets, masking tape or cleaning up...really a mess of paint drops and spills throughout the home. Which brings me to the double trough in the laundry. It looks like some science experiment took place in them or paint was mixed and then water added to the half way mark. Pretty disgusting and gross. No way can you put clothes in them.
The backdoor is a nightmare. So swollen and misshapen and dropped on its hinges. The noise is frightening opening it...my husband had to, as I couldn't. The back fly-screen door does not close. It too has dropped on its hinges and so flies come in and moths etc at night. The front screen door does close, but if it's caught by the wind it swings wildly and bashes against a strange front table...it needs a door closer.
In regard to curtains or blinds in the home, there are none in the kitchen and dining nook, so at night you are on view and the sun does come streaming in during the day. In the bedroom where there's timber blinds, the wand was missing on one blind, so you cannot adjust to open or close it.
In the kitchen, a number of kitchen cupboard doors are coming off their hinges and need to be repaired.
I would love to hear that the host Cara had seen to these repairs and replacements, as this could be a house that would have visitors like us return to. Sadly as it is, I would never return, nor recommend to anyone.