This house, the gardens and associated facilities (pizza oven and pool) are lovely however… we cannot recommend anyone travel or stay here during the peak summer months due to the design of the house and lack of adequate air conditioning, ventilation, fans and mosquito screens. The house has two portable air conditioners only, which are not fitted to a window and do not cool rooms in anyway close to comfortable. We wanted to love this house as the owner has designed and furnished beautifully however after 7 nights of interrupted or no sleep plus a swath of mosquito bites, it was difficult to. With a few relatively minor improvements (fixed air conditioning, at least one fan in each bedroom plus mosquito screens) this house could be exceptional.
For those who are travelling outside of the peak summer, I’m sure you will love the area, the fantastic food, Barbara’s design but do read other reviews regarding car size etc as we found these helpful.