The family seemed kind and welcoming. The idea that they had built there house out of type and clay was very impressive. We commended them on their achievement.
But we didn't stay the two nights, as planned, unfortunately. In fact we left after only a few hours of arriving. Our kids were upset and our daughter got ill later in the evening. The children were visibly distressed with the surroundings and the place was clearly untidy and not clean. We were given bread for lunch that had bites taken out of it. The owner said, probably the chooks did it!
It felt like communal living. We were literally right in amongst the family, grandkids, etc...who were complete strangers to us... I don't remember the add saying that was the set up.
There were cockroaches, spiders and flying bugs coming out of the composting toilet. Which upset my children.
The family kindly let us leave our little dog in her crate with them while we left to go to a wedding, we came back after 10:00pm and our eldest daughter begged us not to stay the night there, our instincts were the same. She even threw up in the car. So we got our things and told the owner we couldn't stay because our daughter was ill, not wanting to get into the rest of it right there and then.
We left a few things behind, we were in such a hurry to get out of there. I later asked the owner to mail them to me, he kindly did. He told my husband on the way out that he would refund us. I hope that he does. As we pre-paid over $500 for that.