The house is charming and beautifully appointed. The bathroom downstairs has also been renovated very tastefully. We loved that the dining table could fit us all very comfortably and the kitchen is wonderfully stocked. The linens are all lovely, clean and crisp. Onsite parking is a very convenient touch too!
We can't comment on the laundry as it was broken during our stay. One of the bathroom showers was not draining before our stay, but it was swiftly fixed so didn't impact us at all.
The owners left the air-conditioners on for us when we arrived, which was very thoughtful, however, the air-conditioning itself was a negative overall. All of the air-conditioners throughout the house turn off due to an an external movement detector. If no movement is detected every 30 minutes or so, the air-conditioners get automatically turned off. Possibly not normally an issue, but given we were staying in multiple days of 37 degrees, it did not provide for a restful sleep. Add into the mix a small young child and two elderly people in their mid 80s, it's really not ideal. My son's room was upstairs, so without the air-conditioning, the room crept up to 29 degrees within minutes. The only option the owners could give us was leave our door open so cool air from our room could flow through to his room. Whilst it could have worked, to get the cool air to flow across the corridor and into his room, we had to have our unit turned up very high so we were very cold...that is, until our unit decided to turn off too... The suggestion was also unhelpful for the residents on the bottom floor who all experienced the same problem. Whilst the owners told us the movement detectors could not be disabled, in hindsight, we should have covered up the sensor on the air conditioning units so they couldn't be turned off by the external movement detector. Waking up every hour due to the stifling heat (despite the property being advertised as air conditioned) is far from optimal.
We certainly didn't let this put a damper on our trip and the location of the house was certainly fabulous. Very convenient and easy to get to public transport or parks and shops.
Lots of memories to take home with us.