Unfortunately, we were very underwhelmed with the house, and felt disappointed in what we got for the amount we paid to stay for two nights (we had even paid a slightly reduced rate due to it being a last minute booking). Safe to say we will not returning.

Upon arrival we entered the front door and were greeted with a pungent odour in one of the rooms (similar to cheap men’s cologne) which had spread its way throughout the whole house. This may have been an air freshener in the room to cover up the dampness, whatever it was, it was not pleasant so we closed that whole room off for the entire stay. As you come through the entranceway there is an internal door which has a cover over it advising that this is the private tenant’s property – to us it seemed strange/uncomfortable that this doorway was still there and felt perhaps blocking this up might create a nicer welcome and separation from the permanent tenant.

We could see that the house had been cleaned however all surfaces were still quite sticky (anything that was put on the bench or table made a velcro ripping sound when they were taken off) and some of the dishes (cups etc) were dirty when we got them out of the cupboard to use. The dishwasher was not working when we stayed so we were unable to wash any dishes in here (made hard when we had no teatowels/dishcloths and a kitchen scrubber that was black from dirt) – luckily we had planned a dinner out on the second night. There were minimal kitchen utensils and crockery provided (e.g. no oven mit, dishcloth (which, granted, was an oversight by cleaner), only four glasses which are used very quickly with a family of five). The couch was not very inviting, very uncomfy to sit on and looked very worn and dirty. The shower was quite hard to get to a good temperature, the kids were unable to do this themselves, I think this was because the hot water was so hot (we’re talking burning your hand material, straight out of the tap – this may need to be checked as it seemed to be well over legal temperature). Location was good, close to the park however we did not walk to the beach as it was a bit far with all of our gear for the day.