Pros:
Location - We have a small dog so being right by Belongil beach was great. It’s 25min walk/4 min drive to town.
Bed - Really big, comfy bed.
Cons:
There was no spare key as stated so had to use the set provided in the lockbox. We emailed as soon as we arrived stating this and many times after but wasn’t provided with the spare during our 10 day stay. We did get replies to our emails from Travis who said he passed on our queries to the property manager but we never heard from them once, even after Mel looped Simona the Property Manager in the email chain. We actually locked ourselves out on Xmas day without our phones so called the out of hours line from our neighbours phones but we were left stuck outside in 28 degrees heat for hours and nobody came. Thankfully we finally managed to get in and found I had a text on my phone to say there was a spare key in the lockbox which there wasn’t. I had told them I didn’t have my phone and was calling off our neighbours phones so not sure why they texted me and not contacted our neighbours phones back to get hold of us. Appreciate it was Xmas day but this was very poor service and a clear lack of care for guests well-being which pretty much ruined our Xmas day.
No washing machine & dryer as stated on listing (so we had to unexpectedly pay to do laundry in town - cost + hassle).
Fan really dusty, as is on top of the seating area suggesting they don’t properly “deep clean” as stated.
BBQ not working (ignition switch) + no spare gas (as stated in handbook) + not particularly clean and covered in ants. This is the only means of cooking outside of the microwave so we couldn’t make our own eggs, bacon etc for breakfast meaning we had to go out every day which increased cost vs what we planned. We emailed to say the BBQ wasn’t working towards the end of our stay but no response.
Air con drips right on pillow.
No broom/dustpan & brush and it can get sandy very easily when going back and forth to the beach.
Fridge is old and has many broken shelving parts + freezer barely freezes as it’s all frosted over and doesn’t shut properly.
Shower is pretty low (I’m only 5’ 10” and I have to bend down to get head under) but quite good otherwise.
Outdoor mirror needs a clean.
The car parking spot directly outside the gate is small. We just have an Audi hatchback so not particularly big and had to park right up to the gate to avoid sticking out, which meant we had to squeeze past to get in the gate.
You can literally hear every word of neighbours (not because they are loud but wooden walls are so thin).
Not a proper curtain on main window and nothing across the stained glass windows at the top meaning it’s very bright early mornings as sun shines directly in.
It really is small which was fairly expected from the listing but just be wary it will be tight and you can’t really have guests over.
It can get a bit noisy up to about 11pm by the Treehouse & Wake Up backpackers.