Lynn’s place is stylish and definitely more spacious than what you might think from the photos. It was just two of us there but we had planned initially to have a couple of guests for a week and we knew that there would still be plenty of room for four adults to be comfortable. The views of the bay from the balcony are awesome. We didn’t really find the steps to be too much trouble. Maybe, just the day that you move in on the day that you check out it’s a lot of heavy lifting if you’ve got a lot of bags. But otherwise it’s not really a big deal. We loved being just up the steps from the Dalebrook Café. Not only did they serve great meals, but they also had a bakery and plenty of grocery items that you could purchase there. So it was very convenient. Also my husband would get up every morning and go down and take a swim in the Dalebrook pool and watch the sun come up. It was also a very easy walk to the shops in town and really made you feel like a local to stay there. The beds were comfortable, the kitchen was well stocked, we really lacked for nothing. We happened to have our visit overlap with the start of the Coronavirus Lockdown. This put a little pressure on everyone. Lynne was accommodating and assured us that we could stay at the property as long as we needed to since we were having a hard time finding a flight back home with airport closures, etc.
Sadly, we did have a couple of communication glitches where we had asked for some changes with the housekeeping schedule and even though we were told that it would be fine, the housekeeper still came while we were away for a week. That was frustrating because we felt like we had cleared everything ahead of time and were assured that our wishes with the schedule change weren’t any trouble and would be respected. Of course we realize the challenge that the host has of trying to organize a housekeeper on the day that works well for them. I just feel like when you rent a property it’s different than being in a hotel. And that if you choose not to have a housekeeper on a certain day to maintain your privacy that that should be permitted. I guess we didn’t see 100% eye to eye on that. Maybe we should just chock it up to a breakdown of communication due to texting, or the stress of a pandemic. But after it happened a few times it made us feel like we were a bother. When the locks needed attention she took care of it promptly. When I asked about getting the windows cleaned even though it was not when she might regularly have it scheduled she took care of it quickly. We had a couple of items stolen our first night that we were there off of the balcony and she came by the next day to offer some assistance and help us navigate how to go about reporting it. And also addressed an issue with the alarm which was having some trouble. So, she was always very prompt to help. So the problem was never with whether she was on top of things. It was just that there were a few things that presented issues during our stay and that made our relationship a little tense. I think most people who would stay would not run into these problems at all. And I feel like this is probably one of the best properties you could choose to stay at Ann cultivate. Both for location, and stylishness, and space. And the view!! So, don’t let me dissuade you. I just try to be honest about any little scenario in case it proves helpful. I would suggest making sure that you communicate clearly. And maybe don’t be the sort of people that need to make any adjustments to things. You will be taken care of well. But you will have different people accessing your space when it can be organized, which may be while you are gone. I think the only reason why we were gun shy about that this visit was because of having some things stolen. And wanting to be extra careful.