The kitchen supplies were very disappointing. There was only one saucepan and one frying pan, there was no knife that would cut bread, no wooden spoon. There was no dishcloth or tea towel or dishwasher tablets. There was no toaster. There were no wine glasses. These are all essential kitchen items. How one would "test their culinary skills" is indeed a good question, a 'test' being the key word! The 'free amenities' of tea, coffee and sugar were not provided which was very disappointing after travelling for 15 hours.
Based on the information on the instruction manual we sent 3 emails and got no reply and telephoned 9 times with no reply to address the problems. We had no contact whatsoever during our stay from the host.