We booked David’s cottage hoping to find somewhere we could use regularly to visit family unfortunately this was not the case
The location is great, a short walk to the village and train station
However, what David does not explain in his listing is that he lives in the cottage and only moves out when he has a booking and as a result his personal possessions are throughout the entire place, which include half eaten food left in the fridge, the bathroom full of his toiletries
The bedroom left as he would still be using it, with his dressing gowns on the back of the door!
Toys, wrapping paper and various other items are left throughout
We were woken up on the first morning at 6am from an alarm clock left in the bedroom!
His old dishcloth and tea towel were left on the side in the kitchen, when I asked him about it I received a very curt message back saying there were clean ones somewhere under the sink
There is no bannister coming down the stairs which makes it quite precarious and definitely not safe for young children
No smoke alarms
David has not responded to my messages or to Airbnbs attempts to contact him
In short the cottage itself would be a nice place to stay if David would depersonalise it all when he had a booking and actually put some things in place that were intended to make the experience nicer and more comfortable for the traveller