We stayed in this place as a couple with a 4 year old kid. After seeing the pictures and images shared on the listing we were actually mesmerised. We were so excited to live here and were waiting for the day when we would be moving in.
We spent like 2 weeks in this place, but checked out early.
Why..??
Many many reasons..
Let me talk about some positives about the place first.
Pros:
1. Location is great. It is located near to Oval station. Walking distance - 3-4 minutes.
2. You will get a small grocery shop nearby for your daily needs.
3. 20 minute walk to tesco.
4. 10 minute walk to Post Office.
5. Communication: When you will ping the owner for some issue, there is a small team sitting who will reply in a small amount of time - "on behalf of Jack" -- BUT -- with no solution. :) -- Will explain more on this.
Now lets come to CONS -- why we left the place early..
1. Cleanliness - Believe me.. the images are not showing the true story. The actual behind the scenes are very dirty.
2. Utensil: Every utensil is broken or rusted. which you have to wash multiple times to atleast make it usable.
3. Kitchen: You will get a gas hob, dirty, full of stains of oil. Clean before use.
4. Microwave: You can use, but please please clean the tray inside. It is bought in 1800 BC.
5. Oven: DO NOT USE...
6. Fridge: Good Storage.
7. Bathroom:
* Shower is broken
* Shower door is broken. If you read other feedbacks for this property, you will find this door is broken since 1800 BC. :) -- Just being sarcastic here, but the owner never ever put any effort to fix this.
* Hand shower near the toilet seat - Broken (Owner will send you a manual in which they themself will ask you to not use it.) hahaha
8. Washer: Rusted. We tried cleaning it and used it, but it actually teared and stained our clothes.
9. KItchen - Tooo small. Only a single person can stand.
10. Washbasin: DIRTY DIRTY DIRTY
11. Balcony: It do not have a door, rather you need to jump through a window to access it. And once you are able to climb to the so called balcony, you will find yourself surrounded by never ever cleaned table and chairs. Too many pots around, which will make it difficult for you to even stand.
12. Decorations:
* Images shows a throw away cloth on the couch - which is not there in the facility.
* Books are all over the place. Many of them are not worth reading. atleast for a kid.
* Broken record for decoration. We tried playing but as soon i opened it, it spitted tons of dirt on me.. I CLOSED IT.
13. The house is built on a restaurant: We were able to smell each and every recipe cooked in the restaurant.. Woww.. Lucky we.. :)
We raised this to the host and after 4 days of communications and followup, they agreed on sending someone to clean the place, for which we refused as we already had cleaned it tried making it livable. The host returned the cleanliness fees, but the question here is - Is returning the cleanliness money could improve the experience? The answer is NO.
Instead of enjoying we struggled those days searching for some other place to live. And we left as soon as we got something.
I am writing this detailed experience to make you all aware about what to expect when you will book this beautiful amenity.
I have full length videos of the place, if anyone is interested. :)