Before booking this farm-stay, I read the reviews which seemed to be mostly positive and suited what I was looking for. I couldn't have been more disappointed with what I was met with.
Firstly, although I am more than aware it is located in a farm yard, I wasn't impressed with how dirty and mucky the ground was where we parked the car (which ended up filthy after driving in). Our shoes were covered in muck when we entered the cottage which put dirt on the floor.
Secondly, initial thoughts on the cottage - it was cosy especially with the fairy lights and it was warm. However, when I entered the bedroom, there was an overwhelming unpleasant odour.
My partner had to do some work off his laptop, and as the listing stated, it had wifi. However, when we got there, we didn't have phone reception and we were told the wifi was down.
When I went into the bathroom, I couldn't get over how many spiders were present. If I wanted to shower, I would've had eight (I counted) spiders over me. There were more by the toilet and sink and even more in the bedroom. For someone who is petrified of spiders this made me extremely uncomfortable. It could've easily been solved before we had arrived.
When I pulled back the pillow on the bed, I could see some questionable black spots which I dusted off the bed and realised it was not fluff. After this (at 1.30 am) we decided to leave the property and head for a hotel. We didn't even stay one night out of the two I had booked. I couldn't even face messaging the host at the time because I was so shocked. They would have clearly seen we didn't spend a night there.
Overall, the cottage wasn't what I was expecting after reading the other reviews, and I was extremely disappointed.