I have booked Barry's chalet for my husband and his friend as their birthday present because I knew this place was lovely ( I have been there few years ago) and perfect spot for fishing.
Unfortunately their experience with this place was disaster. When I received a photos of the place from my husband it was nothing as I remember from my stay there and nothing like on the photos on Airbnb.
Decking on the front of the house not in use, broken and covered with overgrowth bushes, chalet inside dirty, covered with cowebs, spiders, bathroom filthy. I would never took a shower in it, broken couch...etc.
I felt cheated as the place doesn't look like I remembered, embarrassed as how could I send there someone for their birthdays and disgusted as how you can let people book this place and pay not a small money knowing this place has nothing to do with the place that is advertised on Airbnb.
It is dishonest on the part of the host.
Imagine book this place for a romantic stay with your other half and come to a decaying hut full of spiders and dirt.
I would not like that.
Barry refund me part of the cost, but it's not about that. The damage has already been done. I can't turn back time and get a different place for the boys, so they could enjoy their birthday fishing trip.
I just hope that the host will do something with this place or at least will charge for the stay adecadequately to the condition of the building.