Our host Bek was great, she tried everything she could to make our stay as enjoyable as possible. She had a few extra luxuries in the house that were very well received such as coffee machine and soda steam.
However, I would not recommend this property as there were too many things that detracted from our stay and did not represent value for money.
Whilst there is sufficient bedding for up to 12 people, it is very difficult to accommodate when there is a 6-seater dining table. We went with 2 families of 3 people in each family with 2 more family members joining us for a night.
Whilst there are claims of 3 bathrooms, the one in the bungalow is tiny and not appealing and my 16yo son did not want to shower out there, and chose to come inside for his shower in one of the bathrooms. The bathroom my family used appears to be a toilet room converted in to a bathroom with a tiny basin and a shower that has a very small door opening making it difficult to fit through to get in to the shower, inside the shower is tiny and difficult to shower in. In this 'bathroom' there is absolutely no bench space for any toiletries at all not even to put toothpaste down after putting it on your toothbrush, so does not make it relaxing to be traipsing through the laundry to get items to brush teeth, shave or put on make-up. The other bathroom was sufficient, however there were 3 used bath towels in the basket on our arrival.
Weirdly, both bathrooms are side by side and not even made to be an ensuite.
All furniture appeared almost brand new and looks lovely on first appearance but is definitely not comfortable at all. The couches are 3/4 seater and one of the legs gave way whilst we were sitting watching TV, I can only assume due to being quite cheap furniture.
The house was generally clean if you didn't look in the corners and we were surprised to find 2 pairs of underwear in our washing machine.
We needed to contact Bek after our first night and ask for a new mattress protector, as what was on the bed was a plastic protector which made the bed incredibly hot and unable to sleep in. In addition to this, the main larger bathroom sink was leaking and required a plumber to attend on our second day. Bek was very responsive to this and organised a plumber straight away
It was very disappointing that there was no where in any of the bedrooms to unpack our suitcases beside a tiny wardrobe which the men's shirts touched the bottom of the cupboard so dresses obviously didn’t hang freely. So, we needed to live out of our suitcases for the whole stay but these had to be on the floor where we had to step over as there was nowhere to place these either. This does not make for a relaxing vacation.
All of this for a cost over $10,000 for 8 days. We ended up leaving 2 days before we were due to leave, for two reasons being a couple of people were feeling unwell but also as it was far less comfortable than our own homes.
To Bek's credit, she has offered us 1 additional night's accommodation if we were to come back, but we would not choose to return.