This cottage is a great way to spend some relaxing time out of Victoria yet close to it.
All the board games found in the drawers were such a good idea and a fun way to spend our relaxing time there with no tv or wifi signal. We came for our daughter’s wedding early September on China Beach so we were nice and close staying in the cottage deliberately chosen with this is mind.
The large back yard, large back deck, and seeing the goats so close with our son venturing inside their fenced off enclosure to even pet them was great, made him so happy! Even a bbq and outdoor games provided too which my husband had some fun with by throwing the two rope tied together balls aiming to land them on one of the bars a number of feet away to wrap around them.
The washer/dryer are top quality family size machines and the adjacent storage closet provided anything one might need, including a Costco size box of additional coffee pods for the Keurig coffee machine in the kitchen! Beds were extremely comfortable and duvets were soft and warm and light. It was a really cozy home away from home place to stay and we enjoyed ourselves very much!
My only two complaints were that the dishwasher was leaking so broken and who wants to wash dishes on holiday, so feel it should be replaced, and there was a rather unpleasant odour inside the whole cottage likely caused from the black mold growing on the windows which needs to be scrubbed off with bleach and then aired out. There were no window screens either so if you didn’t want bugs flying in towards the light when dark you couldn’t open the windows up, which I really wanted to do to air it out from the odour.
We used a Glade scented candle instead almost continuously when there which worked wonders to cover up the odour.
Other than these few issues, the rest was ideal and even though traffic was heavy at times with one way at a time due to road construction that has nothing to do with the owners of the cottage.
Replace the dishwasher and add a good window frame/glass scrubbing, and a few window screens and this cottage will be perfect!