Myself and four other family members stayed at Christels property in Ghent for 5 days / four nights from 07-14 through 07-18-16. While the house was spacious and well appointed, we encountered several issues during our stay there. When we arrived we were warned to be careful as there was an active bee hive in the patio area. The owner did however apparently have the fire department come out the next day to deal with the bees.
The first night when the fold out couch / bed was opened we discovered that the sheet provided was dirty and as such we did not use it. Throughout our stay there were a significant number of mosquitos in all of the rooms that feasted on us at night. We even came to call them our “shower buddies” as they seemed to be around us all the time. There did not appear to have been any effort to control them.
The house had one bedroom, the fold out bed and a small separate “guest house” behind the house that was simply a bedroom and bath. The television in this room was on a completely separate cable system with a very poor signal.
The two bathrooms were the real issue for us. After the first day the bathroom in the guest house continually had a strong urine odor. In an effort to lessen the odor we would open the bathroom window, which of course let more mosquitos in. Each time we took a shower, the steam would set off the smoke alarm. So that of course meant opening the doors and windows. More mosquitos.
On our third night there, the toilet in bathroom in the house became clogged. When we were not able to find a plunger, we called the owner for help. She told us that she could not do anything about it until the following day. After having been gone the entire next day, we returned in the evening to discover that nothing had been done to resolve the problem. When we called to complain, the owner said it was Sunday and that she could not do anything about it until the next day. The day we were leaving! When we insisted that she do something about it immediately, she came to the house about an hour later and gave us a container of Drano and left. One of the reasons we chose this house to rent was because it had two bathrooms.
As it turned out, we only had one bathroom to use for half of our stay. The reviews that we read before renting this property talked about how responsive the owners were to their renters needs. This certainly was not our experience.