Firstly, the host is friendly and for the majority of the time, was quick to respond to queries.
The house is old and needs so much work. It is very small and the third bedroom is located in a makeshift rear extension.
On the first night, the rear bedroom was full of black spiders, i had to kill at least 6 or 7., including from under the bed. The host did provide details about home made spray, but who has time for that when on holidays. Fair to say it was hard to sleep in the room.
The rear bedroom and main bedroom had windows either with no curtains, or curtains that didn’t cover the entire window. This is a huge bug bearer of mine as i don’t want to be woken at 5.30 am from the light, if you are going to have a holiday rental, just make sure there are adequate window coverings.
The furniture in the house is way too big and dominating. There is no need for the desk and buffet in the lounge, it takes up way too much space and given it’s the only living room, the space could be used better.
The bathroom is very old and some of the floor actually gave way near the toilet when getting one of the kids out of the bath.
The front and rear yards need to be cleaned and the landscaping needs to be cut back a lot. All down the driveway is overgrown and when sitting on the rear deck, the back yard can’t be seen properly due to 2 huge potted trees being too overgrown that hit you in the face when you walk off the decking.
The property was advertised with a BBQ, but the gas bottle was completely empty when we went to use it, forcing us to cook for 7 people with 1 small frypan, and then incurring the cost to replace the gas bottle.
The location is good, walking distance to main strip.
All in all, i was really disappointed with the house, especially paying $450 per night. I would expect way more for this price. It doesn’t suit more than a family, even though it sleeps 6 adults.
Until some money is spent on the house, or until the price is lowered, i would suggest looking elsewhere.