? Unpleasant water/ smell/ flies
Beautiful house and the location was excellent.
However the walk way to the beach was most unpleasant - really boggy , an awful smell and loads of flies .
When we questioned this with the owner and caretaker as to the cause they immediately tried to reassure us that it wasn’t the run off from the septic tank . However I wasn’t convinced .
Previous occupiers had placed stones and even a ladder to get over the area but this wasn’t really working .
The owner was very proactive from the Uk and got people in to try to sort out access.
The Gardener did clear the path and make it easier but in doing so uncovered the vent for the septic tank - which he confirmed to me that it was . He also agreed that it was very smelly and so many flies .
I had told the owner that some of our party were going home as so unpleasant and her child was only 4 years of age and the owner then startled questioning how many people we had in the house and threatening that she could terminate our contract .I was shocked and obviously upset and I had told her at the time of booking that it was 2 adults and 5 children- so 2 mums and 5 children .
I had also brought my Dad along and didn’t think to advise as the house was advertised for 9 people.
The owner said it was for insurance reasons - but we were less than the 9 that the house was advertised for- however in future I will be more proactive in updating my airb&b app.
I do think the owner was upset re the septic tank problem rather than that a very decent family had brought another family member.
The Owner then said that I had to accept that it was all correct or she could terminate our agreement - I had already told her that I had already looked into alternatives but there were none and so we would be staying and not using the beach .
I didn’t reply to that nor did I accept her offer of 100€ towards a lunch .
Elsewhere the house was beautiful but does need a little work in the bathrooms as a little tired and showers are quite dangerous as boiling water only coming out so we only used the showers in the baths .
Also the bins were full when we arrived and even though we put the bin out as we were asked to - they were never collected and were overflowing .
So to confirm - a beautiful house but walk way to beach very unpleasant - my idea when booking was to allow kids the freedom of access to the beach without having to get in the car - we had that but we then had kids coming up from the beach covered in suspect material. Not pleasant .
I am sure this can be rectified .