Overpriced and underwhelmed
We were expecting a quaint cottage experience but this wasn’t it.
We chose Petras Place due to its location. The cottage was the exact replica of my grandparent's house that they left over 40 years ago. Unfortunately, it looked like my grandparents had just walked out the door and left it as is.
Firstly we booked the entire house, as it was advertised on Airbnb. There were only two of us but we require separate beds as one of us snores. The second bed was not made up and there was no linen for us to make it up.
The fit-out of the cottage was such that it looked like the linen, bath towels, crockery and cutlery was the collection your Mum put together for you when you first left home, old and poor quality. It was also very interestingly decorated with torn-off pictures from calendars stuck around the place.
The house was freezing cold and while there was a heater/cooler system (not central heating as noted by the host) it only serviced the four main rooms. It was also set to a 4-hour cycle so it turned off in the middle of the night in a very cold Barossa winter.
The laundry and bathroom areas were frigidly cold, not helped by the cement floors and the heating didn’t extend to these areas.
The lounge, in the only reception area, was old and lumpy and was not comfortable to sit on.
The bathroom was very poor standard and you were unable to use the mirror to shave or apply makeup due to its poor placement.
We were glad to leave and won’t be going back.