We stayed 4 nights in this one-bedroom, ground-floor unit, situated in a quiet location opposite the water and a small boat-parking area and small municipal campground. It was on the lower level of a 2-storey house on a sloping block of land. There is another unit located directly above this unit, with access via stairs at the end of the house. There are views of the water – though somewhat limited – from the front door of the unit, with better views gained from the garden. There is a nice pool on the property and the water was warm enough for a 30-minute swim in the afternoons (at the beginning of February).
A tavern with a predictable menu of staple fare is located 5 minutes’ walk away. While noisy, it has lovely views over the tidal inlet from tables on the lower grassy terrace. There’s a small Four-Square supermarket 5 minutes’ drive from the unit. This small cluster of shops includes a bakery, and an excellent café at the far end, serving excellent coffee and cakes, and makes very nice wraps and rolls.
Being summer, the unit was quite hot and humid from lunchtime onwards, and well into the night. It had a mosquito problem while we were there, and there are no screens on the windows. I don't know how long the mosquito season lasts, but dusk heralded the arrival of large numbers of hungry mosquitoes. A polite request via sms to the owners, Margaret and Janice, for a can of fly-spray - along with a hand-towel for the bathroom, - was met with a sarcastic reply, suggesting we should have more closely examined the website for details about whether there were screens on the windows, and pointing out that the unit was deemed ‘budget accommodation’ – which it wasn’t really, being median-priced for the size and quality for that locality, – and so we shouldn’t be complaining. The unit really needs flyscreens on the windows, and I can’t imagine how Margaret and Janice’s guests are supposed to deal with the mosquito problem. Nevertheless the requested towel and can of fly spray appeared by day’s end. We shouldn’t even have had to ask.
A bright light shining brightly from behind and around the edges of a locked door at the end of the passageway (possibly being former access to the garage) made it difficult to get to sleep the first night, as it was like having a hallway light on. Despite being given a very precise description, the owners claimed they couldn’t imagine where the light would be coming from. The fact that it wasn’t present on the 2nd night suggests they found the light switch the next day.
We booked the unit partly on location, but also because on the Air B&B website it explicitly offered a king-size bed in the unit, which better suits our sleeping needs. This however proved to be incorrect, with the bed being only a queen-size. However, we were prepared to overlook this disappointment and misrepresentation, but were further disappointed with the response to our reasonable requests regarding fly spray and a hand towel.
Apart from a 30-second “hello”, and pointing to our car parking space from their balcony, Margaret and Janice chose to communicate only via sms. Evidently it was too much effort to come and welcome their guests face-to-face. It was only on Day 3 when we asked for an explanation about the room not having the promised king-size bed that they appeared in person. After just a few minutes debating the meaning of "intrusive light", and offering up some lame excuse as to why the bed was not what was promised, they then resorted to offensive personal abuse – speculating on what job I held; telling my partner they “felt sorry for her”, etc, etc.
Most other Air B&B hosts would have apologised profusely and immediately rectified the problem, rather than debating the issue. But then, to use their own words, Janice and Margaret are “new to the (B&B) game”, and have “difficulty communicating” with guests, stating openly that they need their granddaughter’s help to operate their smartphones. You get the picture.
The unit had some very quirky features, including:

•	an electric entrance gate that was operated (when exiting) by touching a garden spade onto a metal contact bar lying on the ground;
•	a perspex ‘dome’ immediately above your head in the shower;
•	crazy electrical switches, none located where you would expect them to be – turn on the shower light and the kitchen light comes on too;
•	the entrance ‘step’ consists of a wooden pallet, covered with carpet
Other deficiencies included:
•	no information provided about wi-fi name or password, until requested via sms;
•	no instruction provided about how to exit the electric gate, or the code to re-enter, until requested by phone call;
•	the kitchen has an array of pots and pans, but no utensils to use with them. Apart from cutlery, the only utensils were a can-opener, a chopping knife, a paring knife, and 2 sets of tongs! You can’t even fry an egg.
•	unable to close the bedroom door, because it strikes the foot end of the bed;
•	right-hand door of wardrobe can only be opened using considerable force;
•	only 1 bedside table and lamp – nowhere to place a glass of water or phone;
•	the only seating for meals is outside the unit at a small table. In the morning, the early sun is directly on you, and uncomfortably bright and hot;
•	no bathroom hand-towel until requested;
•	no power point in bathroom – unable to use electric shaver or hair dryer
•	faulty bodywash dispenser
•	no globe in outside light fitting – no safe lighting if going out to the car.
•	impaired security due to a pathway beside the rear of the unit being just 1 metre below large external windows with no screens or barriers.
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