We found mouse traps and mouse droppings in the cutlery and utensils drawer and felt we had to sterilise all ware etc before use. The house had a very musty smell in the downstairs rooms and we had to buy and continuously light scented candles to disguise this. We also bought a frying pan and cooking tray as we felt the ones provided were unusable. The house does not have any decking as per photos in the ad. Check out was at 11 am but cleaner arrived at 10.30. There was half used food from previous guests in the fridge, freezer and cupboards.
We felt we could not complain at the time as our adult children were joining us and it would have ruined the holiday but if we had been on our own we would not have stayed here when we discovered the mouse droppings.
Ger was a very friendly and chatty man. We asked about the traps and he told us he always kept them there as it was an old building and assured us there were not any mice and it was only a precaution. Later on we discovered the mouse droppings and did not mention it to him as we felt we were over a barrel with nowhere else to go as a group of 6. Obviously the premises either has mice or hadn’t been cleaned properly.
The open plan upstairs bedroom and bathroom were lovely with a nice view. There was plenty of parking available. The location was nice and just a short drive from the town. Ger was very helpful with advice about local amenities and eateries and very kindly brought us a bottle of wine . We were able to use a little barbecue on one evening and on another evening we lit a warm cosy fire in the sitting room.
When we contacted the host about our concerns after coming home he became very defensive and began to criticise us as tenants, saying we had left cigarette butts and dog hair everywhere, even tho none of our party smoke and our dog is a non shedder.
Therefore, I would not recommend this air B and B to anyone .