As a background to my review, just wanted to state that I've stayed in many airbnbs from farmstays, motels to luxury villas, in few different countries with zero negative reviews. This house is beautiful, comfy and clean. Its situated in a calm environment, nearly 80km away from the Mountain. You can read all other comments here to know more about the pros.
Here are the cons no one mentioned:
- House is under surveillance 24/7. There is a CCTV cameras looking at the Jacuzzi (which i found weird and make sure you don't use that), a cctv camera positioned outside of the house with a view inside living room and to the master bed room. You get that scary vibe of living in a house like in the Movie "The Rental".
- There is an intimidating long list of house rules that will be sent through email and a new list before you leave. We were under constant pressure to keep everything in order and keep the list in check. I know its all there to protect their property but If i knew this earlier i wouldn't bother booking here.
- Owner is super friendly, dont get me wrong. But he magically know when to contact you to make sure things are in order (to make sure bbq cover is secure, to make sure Jacuzzi is closed tightly, etc) hint - cameras
- Air conditioning in this house is so bad. As there is only a single extractor for 5 AC units, you cannot control each rooms temperature independently. So if the big bed room is set to warm, all other rooms will become piping hot. As it was raining heavily during our stay we were unable to keep the windows open as well.
- You have to take your rubbish to the waste centre yourself. The day we checked out, the waste centre was closed, which we got to know when we reached that place (Thursdays its closed). Then had to buy council bags to bag them up.
- When we arrived dishwasher was full of dirty dishes. Then we realised bottom part of the dishwasher does not work. It was fun cleaning someone elses dishes before starting our holiday.
Note to others: Make sure to bring your own toilette papers, shampoo, soap, bin liners, coffee capsules etc. There is a New World nearby