Rustic charm or lack of care?

This cottage is nicely located nestled in the bush. You can sit outside if you don’t mind being joined by many mosquitoes. Otherwise you have to sit inside and do without internet access. Since there are no fly screens or decent curtains, you have to live within a stuffy atmosphere; opening the windows invites too many insects. Due to the lack of internet inside, you could refer to reading a book, but the lighting is not adequate to make that a feasible alternative.

In general the place is tired because of a lack of maintenance and care. Apart from the bed, everything seems to be pre-historic, most noticeably the plumbing. Some call it rustic but it is more like rusty. Interestingly enough, the front door opens into the toilet!
Cleanliness is an issue; you only have to look behind the couch to see that in fact it is very dirty and chicken sh*t on the couch does not help either to call it clean.

If you are after a backpackers’ standard of accommodation for quality motel prices, go for it, especially if you are prepared to make sacrifices for being in a lovely bush environment. If you like a bit of quality, find something else. After one night’s stay we did the latter.