I’ll try to be diplomatic in my review. The house itself is beautiful and the location in the town is great. The host left fresh fruit on arrival. The porch is really pretty.
Unfortunately the downsides outweigh those good parts. The worst first: a bee hive living in the wall of the house. Bees, upset and confused, are flying through the bathroom exhaust fan all day and are attracted to the light in the house at night. There is an obvious colony living in the walls. It needs to be safely relocated and is awful for the bees and for guests. It’s all highly dangerous for anyone allergic to bees. Shoving a makeshift fly screen in to trap hundreds of bees to die on the window sill is not good enough.
The house is full of uncomfortable furniture. The bed mattresses are really old, unhygienic and stained, as are the pillows. The doona had no cover, just a flat sheet underneath. The shower and shower curtain had shower scum and black mould.
It’s unfortunate but I wouldn’t stay again.