I arrived at the house to find that it had not been cleaned! It was not just a bit untidy but FILTHY as it had obviously been used by contractors over the previous days. After several phone calls, each promising that cleaners were on their way, and one and a quarter hours (by which time my friends had arrived to witness the squalor) two cleaners did arrive. They worked quickly doing the best that they could under the circumstances. We (a group of ladies in our 60s - not high maintenance) were happy that the beds now had clean, crisp linen. the mess in and around the fridge had been sorted and thrown, every pot in the cupboard and all the cutlery had been washed, the carpets hoovered as much as they could be and disgusting messes cleaned up. We thought it was all ok. We were wrong.
The house is advertised as suitable for 12 (or 14 depending on where you read) the table seats 6 (ok for us we were only 5 at the time) there were 10 chairs and one three seater and one two seater settee.
As for the fully equipped kitchen - there were only 4 forks - ONLY 4 FORKS! No wine glasses just basic thick tumblers and again not a full set of them. Same with most of the other things - no tea towels, or place mats for the table. the fridge freezer was covered in dents where it looked as though it had been used with a dart board. Broken glass, cigarette butts and broken washing machine in the yard. all in all not a place for a family.
But the worst thing was the absolute grime and mould in the shower. This was not evident until you were actually in there but it was quite sick making - once again I will say that the cleaners did what they could but it really was disgusting.
I could go on but basically this is a house for contractors or workers who need digs. If I had known that then i certainly would not have booked it.
Oh by the way - we left a present - four more forks which we had to go out to buy.