Not the experience we expected, and a very imperfect stay.
We booked Toad Hall being attracted to the photos of a peaceful rural setting, but the reality was the opposite, being located right on the main coastal road with traffic noise all night and day.
The bedrooms have windows on every side, including East facing, with no blinds meaning we were woken up at dawn with bright light streaming straight in on our faces and couldn’t sleep.
There is no privacy in the main living room (no blinds again) or front deck, looking straight out onto noisy cars and trucks streaming past all day and night, meaning you cannot enjoy peace or sit in the spa with any privacy.
The pretty view that they have pictured on their advert. is in fact from a neighboring block. There was a misleading advertisement of views of “lakes and hills”, when the only “vista” is onto the road and heavy traffic as pictured, not more than 20m away.
The house backs straight onto another the house with minimal privacy and where again they were up loudly lawnmowing from very early in the morning.
There are also none of the little touches to be found here that make each B&B experience special - not even complimentary instant tea or coffee, no milk of any kind, no sugar, salt or pepper....
We booked for three nights and when we asked after the first night to simply be allowed to check out straight away and be refunded the next two nights, the host refused, dismissed our concerns outright and actually abused and insulted us for their perceived slight by us of their property, making us feel misled and trapped into an unhappy stay by very misleading advertising. We left after one night.