Nice house, shame the owner was very hard work
Lovely house on the outskirts of Bordeaux about a 20 minute tram journey into the city. The host was very hard work and arguably ruined the holiday for us.
Whilst being shown the house upon arrival, the host asked us again if we would like to pay for cleaning or do it ourselves. We agreed we would clean ourselves, leaving the house as we found it. He seemed put out by this, clearly he makes more money by charging a cleaning fee rather than the guests cleaning themselves. We assured him we would leave it as we found it.
Whilst staying, we experienced a fairly sizeable leak through the main ceiling in the hallway. We reported this during the stay, the host came to see it but we had to avoid a wet patch on the floor for a period of our stay. We were not informed of this problem before arriving.
When the host came to review the property at the end he claimed the accommodation wasn’t clean enough and rudely demanded that the remaining group members stayed to clean. Our friends were happy to stay and clean, despite having already completed his thorough list of cleaning instructions. The manner in which he demanded this and watched over our friends was rude and intimidating.
During the visit, one of the group sat on an outside chair. It cracked as he sat on it, causing him to fall to the ground. The chair was old and brittle, clearing having been in the sun for years. Fortunately he wasn’t injured but the chair was old and arguably shouldn’t have been kept in the rented accommodation.
Upon arriving home we were appalled to receive an email accusing us of breaking a chair by misuse and of supposedly breaking a pan. The host demanded that we paid an extortionate fee for the goods and accused us of incorrectly cleaning.
What began as a very pleasant stay soon became less enjoyable due to the nature of the host.