Rust, dust & dirt
Looks ok on the pictures but not at all in reality. Ripped cushions, paint stains everywhere in the house, faulty boiler as the last safety check and service done in 2019, (apparently, it’s a legal requirement to do it every year in UK), warm water not always coming through, water temperature changing, heat turning off after a few minutes…
According to the host, you need to lock the main door when you’re inside the house because some drunk people can come and try to open the door
Garden is a mess, not maintained at all
Really uncomfortable mattresses
None of the doors inside the house are closing properly
Filthy laundry baskets in the bathroom & rusty soap holder
Kitchen is the worse room, sink is sagging on the left side, so the cabinet door below is impossible to open unless you lift the sink…
Washing machine faulty as clothes get really hot at a 20C programme
Dishwasher door hard to open because it’s a handmade door
Grease stains under kitchen cabinet
Decorative plates (with a hole in the middle) are supposed to be used as normal plates
Chipped bowls & glasses
Active leak in the ceiling from the bathroom, water dripping when shower is used
Not ideal for children as the road in front of the house is very busy and cars are driving fast; also very noisy, day and night
Should I continue? I think I could spend hours describing what’s wrong in this house
Host dishonest, as before we did the check-in/saw all the problems, we had agreed to extend our stay but he changed his mind after 2 weeks and threatened have us kicked out by the authorities if we were still there on the initial check-out day (we are a family of 4, with 2 young children). In a way, it’s not such a bad thing we couldn’t have extended the stay as this was a horrible experience.
We only stayed for a few weeks, and the only 2 positive things were the vue with horses and the fireplace.
But « idyllic cottage » ?? Don’t get fooled, the quality of the house was not worth the money.
Airbnb has pictures from us and can clearly see old water stains on the ceiling, rusty soap older, paint peeling off the wall, paint stains, etc... which clearly cannot be caused within a 3 weeks stay