We really wanted to love this place. Based on the photos in the listing and description, we were looking forward to a unique weekend getaway in a cosy property with lots of charm. Instead we had a pretty disappointing, restless and uncomfortable experience.
Steve was pleasant and greeted us when we arrived and continued on with building the fence on-site. At this point, we noticed the property grounds were littered with construction and scrap materials, including around the sides of the house.
Upon entering the house, there was a musty smell as though the house had not been lived-in for some time. The floors, curtains and furniture throughout was covered in dust, cobwebs (kids found many spiders) in every nook and cranny, used bars of soap and sponges in wet areas, dirty dishes in drawers, dirty grill and oven, dirty fridge, I found a used mascara wand on the bedside table in the master bedroom, disposed wrappers and used toiletries in the bathroom cupboards. There was no washing machine, no working vacuum cleaner, so we couldn’t even clean the place ourselves. The house was in dire need of a top to bottom, thorough clean. The listing included wifi, but the supplied network didn’t exist. So with no internet and no TV, there’s only so much to do. The hot water ran out after 4x showers, the other two had cold showers. Beds were uncomfortable, no soundproofing so you could hear every creak, so we all had little sleep.
Fortunately, we brought our own pillows, oodies, towels, provisions, board games, air fryer so we could at least cook and bought bottled water for drinking. If we didn’t have the children, we would’ve easily found an alternative place to stay - finding a place last minute to sleep 6 was more challenging.
A tick for location due to its close proximity to town. Appreciate the effort that has gone into creating a unique home with interesting artefacts, but the state the house is in, makes it highly unsuitable as a rental let alone an Airbnb. For the same price-point, we’ve stayed in much nicer properties. Wouldn’t book again or recommend.