This is a lovely house in a convenient place as long as you have a car, even for the nearest shop. It’s Gaya’s home but the house rules being about her and her art for sale rather than our stay was unexpected and not useful. We are on holiday; we don’t want to follow her in social media. The house is very full of the host’s things and all three beds are covered by walls on 3 sides. When we asked about swapping the room with one dreadful futon with a locked bedroom that maybe had a better bed (you don’t get the whole house without paying extra), we were told that was an unreasonable request. And that a billionaire and Scottish aristocracy had slept on the futon and not complained. Gaya could just have said no sorry it’s full
Of my stuff. Which is fine. When we mentioned cigarette butts on the patio, (to say they were not ours!) apparently her cleaning lady came after midnight to collect them as she was very upset. Also because we said the kitchen was not clean - which it wasn’t. We wiped it down with wipes we bought. It was fine. But everything seemed to be a drama. The house is very, very full of stuff and you have to check that there are no items blocking the AC pipes in the bedrooms otherwise it gets too hot. Fact is that if that room had been cleaned and the bed made, why would there be books on top of the air supply. There was no linen provided for that top bedroom but by that stage dealing with Gaya was so fraught that we left it and did without - borrowed some from family. The exercise room is OK - lacking weights and free standing stuff - but in a building marked “No Airbnb” and the pool is a lap pool - about 2 lanes - so great for exercise. All in all, four people (2 adults and 2 teens) are weaving round furniture etc and trying to avoid the sometimes alarming art that is literally everywhere. Bearing in mind that were were being charged $150 for cleaning for our 5 nights, I think that it was another revenue stream. Which is a shame as it’s a nice enough house.