Overall a poor experience. We went there on a very cold weekend (2 degrees outside) with snow. Upon arrival at 17h we felt the house was really cold. As Gareth wasn't there but had simply left the cottage open for us, we followed the instructions provided on a leaflet to "contact the owner if the house was not warm enough". The answer we received was basically "doesn't matter, I'll shut the heating down as planned in a couple of hours anyway. Too bad it's really cold outside". After the heating was shut down at 23h, the house grew steadily colder. When we notified Gareth, asking him once more to restart the heating, our text was read but received no answer. Our evening of boardgames was cut short because we couldn't stand anymore to be in the living room. We slept wearing socks and scarves, burried under 4 layers of covers as we had to use the extra comforters from the spare bedroom + sleeping bags we found in a chest. Positive points : the cottage was really clean and the shower is amazing. Too bad only 2 of us could use it in the morning as the hot water ran out. Gareth's cottage might be lovely in the summer with the view on the sea but I would avoid it at any cost during winter months...