The house was in many ways very impressive, and we were greeted at the gates by the charming Pedro. The place has a great garden, the pool is lovely and clean, and there is lots of space in the house. Drawbacks were that the house, especially the sleeping areas were a bit damp and mouldy smelling. The cleaning was done to a medium, as there was spider webs several places, and mouldy coffee filter in the coffee machine. One of the bathrooms got clogged during our stay, so water was leaking out of the bottom of the toilet, as well as the sink was clogged. Luckily there were two other bathrooms in the house, so it wasn’t a huge problem for us. I think the rawness/dampness might be a general problem in the Sintra area, but the smell was still quite unpleasant to sleep in.
Next door to the house there also lives a rooster and some chickens, and it should be noted that if you are not very heavy sleepers you might wake up several times each night from the rooster.
If you are staying here without a rental car, I recommend downloading the Uber app, to get around.