Please beware of this host , he will try and recuperate money for ‘extra cleaning’ and ‘broken items’ . No items were broken by us at our stay .
We booked this cottage for a family holiday to visit relatives nearby and attend a wedding .
Negatives from our stay :
* Despite this house being advertised to accept 14 guests their is only enough hot water for 4 people max to shower a day . If you use a bath once a day apparently you will have no hot water the following day.
* We had one full day without water , the host told us there was a problem in the area and no one had any water but we were informed by the local shop that this was not the case.
* Their was dog fouling in the back area , this had to be cleaned by us before the children could play - this was a mixture of fresh and historic .
* The property was dirty on arrival , crumbs in kitchen and fridge , cobwebs throughout. A full clean was needed by us before we could relax.
* On our arrival all refuge bins were full to the brim , including bottles which we brought to the local bottle bank for fear of being charged the recycling charge.
* There is no mention that you are next door to a business that is open 24 hours a day - cars coming and going at all hours , their back door was constantly open and people having loud conversations past midnight - easily heard in upstairs right bedroom .
* Not a single bedside table lamp worked.
* No hall lights at all worked in downstairs hall.
* Curtain rail in living room kept falling off when closing curtains.
* Hockey table had no puck and a screw sticking out which pierced my daughters skin.
* An unknown car was parked on the drive for the duration of our stay.
* The coat rack was unusable as it was already full of coats on our arrival.
* Grass was overgrown.
* Tap water undrinkable (cloudy )
* Three adults in our group filled their water bottles with tap water and got upset stomaches having to seek pharmacy help .
Kevin raised some farcical points with us and requested €150 for extra cleaning, repairs and told me I had no common sense!
I have listed below points he raised along with my responses.
Dirt marks where bath(s) have been filled to the top (this was obviously the cause of running out of hot water)
I was not aware we had to clean baths after use. I thought this was covered in the extra cleaning charge we paid.
If the baths were filled to where you circled in the photos I think we either would have flooded the place or drowned.
If the property runs out of hot water if you fill a bath may I suggest you remove the baths.
Blind broken in middle room downstairs
This blind was actually down when we arrived at the property.
We were going to raise this initially as usually when we check into an air bnb property there is someone to meet us and a snag list discussed.
This quickly slipped our mind however as was overshadowed by no hot water and then quickly followed by the problem of no water at all .
Then in the evening a dog presented itself at our accommodation followed hours later by a man looking for it.
Toilet seat broken downstairs
I myself used the downstairs toilet when leaving the property on Monday , this was not in anyway broken when we left the property.
On looking through your past reviews it does seem that you have on going issues with toilet seats .
Maybe this should be looked into before it causes injury !
Soiling of sheet and mattress protector in middle room upstairs
We 100 % deny this and the person staying in that room doesn’t even recall the colour of those sheets being on the bed.
Regardless I would expect the cleaning charge already paid to include the washing of sheets and cleaning of baths and toilets.Also we used the washing machine whilst staying , so you not think we would have washed our own bedsheets in our stay rather than sleeping in filth !
Toilet seat in big room upstairs stained with fake tan.
If that was the case I am sure it will come off when cleaned.
Broken bin in kitchen.
Absolutely no way this bin was broken whilst we were in the property.
I would avoid this host at all costs .
If you try and complain ,all he says is ‘ look at my good reviews’ insinuating no one would believe me.
Due to the state of the property and the way we have been treated by the host we have requested a refund.
It is honestly not worth the stress to stay here.
STAY AWAY