House is basic but bad host. The kitchen was under-equipped for 6 people, there wasn't even a colander if you needed one so good luck to you if you wanted to cook anything more than fried eggs and instant noodles. The garden is overgrown which made it unusable. The bins were full when we checked in and proceeded to smell during the whole stay.
I booked the house for myself and two other couples (6 guests) as we were all flying in from overseas to attend a wedding. There was a possibility that a couple more wedding guests would join the house. The listing advertised the house as 5 bedrooms and can accommodate up to 13 guests. There was no detail in the listing when I booked about extra charges for more guests than in the original booking. About 3 weeks out from our stay, I read a review saying the host locked unused bedrooms, so I contacted Praveen to inquire about this. He asked for the names of the confirmed guests, and I responded with the addition of one guest who asked to join us. He said there would be an extra charge for this guest as our total group number is now 7. I asked how much it would be for an extra guest, flagging also that another guest might join us, but I was unsure at the time, making it a total of 8. Praveen didn't reply for over a week, meanwhile the two friends who asked to join the house were getting understandably anxious about accommodation as they'll have to find a place to stay for the wedding and were unsure if they should book a hotel or wait for a reply. I sent multiple follow up messages and when Praveen finally replied, about a week before the start date, it was to accuse me of trying to sneak extra guests in without his knowledge. Totally unfounded, when I had provided their full names and asked how much it would cost when I initially inquired about the locked bedrooms. I've got the messages to prove this. None of us were trying to avoid the fee, we just wanted to know how much it was! He then was rude and told me that I am a difficult guest because I was sending him multiple messages at an inconvenient time for him and that he didn't live in Australia like I did and that he had to manage multiple properties so he didn't have time to reply. Bear in mind he was silent for a whole week and he could have replied during his working hours to my one question. He also got super defensive about his pricing and said he can set whatever fee he wanted. Which he did at £200 per extra guest per night. Completely ridiculous given that the cost of the whole place was £519 per night for 6 people. After that, I noticed that he went on to alter the listing to put his extra charge in so that he could "provide evidence" that the charge was included in the listing. The two friends decided to stay elsewhere after I still hadn't received a reply from Praveen and we were a week out from the wedding.
We all felt really uncomfortable about staying here. We absolutely did not trust him at all after this. The check in was awkward as he kept telling me whenever I asked about some minor detail, that "this is how we do things here" almost making it sound like he made the rules. He also showed up at check out without warning which surprised us all. But at least I was able to show him around and make sure he was satisfied that we cleaned and tidied up and left the place in the same condition as during check in. We did wonder what the cleaning fee is for though, as the cutlery was dirty when we went to use them, all requiring a wash before use. Would not recommend this place to anyone or any property Praveen manages if this is how he communicates to people.