DONT STAY HERE !!!!
If you at all value your safety I would highly recommend you don't stay here until this host sorts a few things out . It would have to be the worst experiences I have had to deal with when staying at an Airbnb. I rarely post a negative review as generally very little bothers me , until now.
I arrived there to unpack my things after camping in my Jeep for the previous few nights. Other then being greeted by them both in the back entertaining area (which was unavoidable to get past to the cottage) I felt the cottage would be suitable for the two nights. After cleaning up all my gear to let it dry I walked to the town and arrived home late, both Meg and Doug were having drinks and invited me in, I appreciated the invite however felt uncomfortable and went to bed.
As I had a friend arriving the next day I just hoped that if we get back from the airport late after a meal that I would be left alone in peace the following night but that wasn't the case.
As we arrived through the side gate I could see them entertaining a friend and was immediately approached very closely by Doug who had a few too many, asking us to join them once again however this time we both felt very uncomfortable. We denied and said we just wanted a quite night, this was just past 11pm. My friend just wanted to sit out side and have a smoke as she was feeling quite anxious. I went for the lighter that was normally on our table for the mozzie candle , asked Doug and he said its over there on his table, I grabbed it from where I could see they had been smoking more then just cigarettes. I politely asked if I could have an ash tray so i could look after the garden they said don't worry about it as Doug was reaching for a bowl from his kitchen, i decided to get my own bowl. After some arguments between them they finally settle into their house while we sit out the back on the day bed in front of the cottage bewildered to their behaviour.
As we sat and talked quietly I could see a fire starting to get out of control in their back yard, I race over to the back door and yell for Doug, he comes out and says what have you done , I've done nothing. I said how can i help as he stumbles to grab the hose while Meg is screaming at him how could he leave the fire like that. (apparently been entertaining friends off to side of the cottage) Doug wasn't in a position to help as Meg put out the fire with the hose. I said I will just sit down here then and allow them to sort it all out. Doug muttered ïts an airbnb not a hotel and its my house, if you don't like it go" it was midnight , here are we to go and also we hadn't done anything wrong other then support them where possible. My friend was shaking and i was in shock, we had no choice but to go inside and lock the door (which took some time to lock as it wasn't working) Doug is a big guy and being under the influence we both didn't feel safe.
I go outside to see again that the fire was out and all was okay to find that Doug was in the entertaining area passed out snoring just metres from the cottage while music played near his head, i went back inside as I didn't want to make it worse then it already was.
My friend just arrived that night wanting a peaceful holiday and said that she could do with getting out of there early in the morning to do some yoga to help her move forward. I booked her in intending to come back and pack while she was at Yoga. Though as we didn't sleep well, I managed to pack up the place , leaving it tidy to get out of there before 7.30am.
Meg came out to apologise for her husbands behaviour for the 3rd or 4th time during my stay, I was lost for words, all i could say was "ít was really bad" to her.
The other things to keep in mind was they had two chihuahua's where one of them was yapping and chasing my dog around, also I was woken up by their two screaming young children under 4 years old.
Overall , the cottage was lovely and the location was perfect though we just didn't feel safe and that's not what any wants when travelling.
I hope Meg & Doug put some thought into how they can move forward from this experience as until they sort things out I recommend they give up their Airbnb before something happens to someone else that may not be as calm and patient as I am.
safe travels :)