Sadly Vicki’s place does not live up to the great reviews we had read before booking. The accomodation is small, which would of been fine, except for the fact that a significant amount of personal possessions cluttered the house. This included a cot (full of baby paraphernalia) in the second bedroom, huge plastic bags left on the wardrobes, half eaten food in the fridge and open packets of raw chicken in the freezer. The heating worked in the reception room but the heating did not work in the bedrooms or kitchen. We raised this with Vicki on several occasions and she failed to address and fix it for us. It was less than 10 degrees during our stay and heating was required. The breakfast was also incredibly poor, it included 2 plastic boxes of cereal which in covid times felt unhygienic, there was no butter but we did have yoghurt and a plastic container of mandarins in syrup which was the ‘fruit’.
Perhaps the most disappointing part of our stay was our communication with Vicki. Yes, she responded promptly but at no point accepted any issues, she did not address the fact the heating was broken, nor did she accept there was an issue with communal food for breakfast, nor did she address the substantial personal possessions and half eaten food left at the property.
I would say the cleaning was acceptable but dust under the beds, window sills etc, it certainly did not feel like extra covid cleaning had taken place.
In regards to location, I would not recommend unless you had a car. There are bus routes nearby but these are very infrequent and there are very few nice restaurants within walking distance.
There are some great air bnb and hosts out there, sadly this place failed on both accounts.