Whilst Lydia's house boat was in a good location and was actually very sweet and romantic and Lydia did kindly leave us some lovely food upon our arrival, she was very hard to communicate with prior to arrival and I was concerned about whether we would actually have accommodation when we arrived. She offered to drive us to Volendam to see "old holland" and did not arrive on the allocated day or contact us during the rest of our 1 week stay. The place was quite dirty and the worst thing was the terrible sewerage smell which came up from the shower and toilet and also from the kitchen. The sewerage was actually splashing out of the pipes onto the floor in the bathroom. Maintenance work needs to be done on this boat to address these issues and if you want to run an AirBNB property you should be prepared to be available and reliable. I would not recommend this accommodation to others.