This place was in a fantastic location and the space feels new or freshly renovated.
However a few things took away from us rating it 5-stars.
Firstly the communication was a little slow. I guess that’s common when you are dealing with a Real estate agent compared to a motivated home owner.
I had also messaged a couple of times asking if there was air conditioning as it has been quite hot over summer. We were told that their wasn’t in the main room and only the second bedroom and living room. (Really suggest installing it in other rooms as can get hot.)
The keys are not located on the premises. Instead you are required to go into town to collect them from their offices. I’d suggest a simple combination lock so people don’t need to travel to another location after a long drive.
When we collected the keys we were only then told the air conditioning wasn’t working in the living room (frustrating as had messaged specifically to check this).
There is no Wi-Fi which to be fair isn’t listed as an inclusion anyway but certainly odd in this day and age especially considering the home is listed as having a smart TV which it does but not able to be used for netflix, etc.
The house was lovely, it’s in a great spot on the river and looks new or freshly renovated.
The bins outside had maggots in them and a few cockroaches around as well as a big huntsman on the fridge in the morning. I’m not going to mark down stars for that as I feel this could be a once off and easily addressed.
I do believe this is a great home and from what we saw the best option and decent value for Port Macquarie. The real estate agent managing the property could do some more work to make the experience a little better with communication, cleaner and easier to check-in. As we were the first booking I think these things can be easily addressed.