The apartment itself is lovely, but a few things spoiled our weekend. One is definitely outside of Laura's control, but must be mentioned. We had no water supply on three different occasions, One during the night, which was manageable, one during the late evening and one from 9pm - midnight. This caused a lot of problems as we could not use the toilet or washing facilities. The heating control system gave some bother the first night and Laura's partner came round and sorted it out. Next morning it was broken again and we sorted it ourselves by manually manipulating the control box. We had no control over presetting it, so we would come back to a cold apartment. The last problem was probably the worst. A sash window in the front of the house, which is also the bedroom, was ajar at the top and could not be closed, leaving the bedroom very cold. Laura is a very nice host and a lot of thought went in to welcoming us for our stay, including a 60th birthday card and a lovely box of chocolates. This was a nice touch and very much appreciated. However it was the weekend of the "Little Beast from the East" and we felt cold the entire time. I didn't ring Laura about the water issue as it was not confined to our apartment, but the entire house or maybe more. There was little point ringing about the window as I did as much as possible to sort it out myself, and couldn't imagine what else could be. I'm sorry it's such a negative review of a lovely apartment.