Patricia and Garrett are lovely people who did their best to makes things right after we got off to a bumpy start. I am a travel agent and booked Castle View for myself and 12 clients for a two night stay. The listing indicated they had air conditioning and that we could use the kitchen to cook meals. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. They have since removed those claims to reflect the property more accurately.
Because we were on a bus tour we did not have transportation in the evenings and planned to cook one night for ourselves. We were told we could not use the kitchen. We did add a meal that first night and Patricia and Garrett prepared a lovely dinner. It was delicious and there was so much food we could not finish! We asked them to give us half portions at breakfast because we didn't want to be wasteful. Side note...the rhubarb pie reminded me of my grandmother's pie and was absolutely fantastic!
When we got to our rooms, they were very tiny. However, they were reasonably clean and the beds were very comfortable. Only a few of the rooms have a view of the castle, the rest have a view of a shed. The bathrooms were extremely small and outdated, but again, they were clean. Due to the unseasonably warm weather, it was hot in the upstairs rooms, but it did cool down in the evening.
I emailed my concerns about the kitchen and lack of air to which Garrett brought a fan into the dinning room to help circulate air during dinner. He also said we could use his brand new gas grill the next night. So we decided to have a BBQ and it turned out fine. They set up picnic tables and an umbrella for us to use and put flowers on the table. It was quite nice. Even when we couldn't get the grill to work due to having a butane tank instead of a propane grill, Garrett drove to town to replace it. We appreciated that very much!
Overall it was a nice stay. The castle is really interesting and you can climb around the ruins and up the spiral stairs. It's also fun to watch the tide and see the stars without any light pollution.