Really disappointed. However, I want to make sure I’m fair, so I’ll start with the good:
The location is ideal for someone who wants to be by the beach. You can literally hear the sea and that is fantastic if you aren’t used to it. I live in Porty so I’m used to it but anyone who wanted a beach experience would find that really appealing. Check in via drop lock was very easy. Communication to get in was succinct but easy to follow. The courtyard is quite a cute space and has a little bench but it was poorly kept (will say more on that next). However it has a little gate and great potential. The flat is ground floor so no stairs which is helpful if you are with an elderly party or anyone who wanted to avoid stairs. The living spaces/ rooms were clean and the living room is well designed. Gorgeous log burning stove. Lovely working tv with Netflix and now tv. The main bedroom is quite nice too and sheets were pristine and crisp. Extra pillow and duvet for the pull out bed in the living room.
Now the bad: Sadly the common areas are old and tired and it feels quite unsafe with the close door mostly on a hook to keep open. The private courtyard outside the front door was poorly kept. There was a large bin bag with sticks in it and half filled bottles of some sort of cleaning fluid. Dead plants in the hanging basket. I used to rent out my property in Edinburgh and I’d be mortified if guests had been welcomed by dead plants and a bin bag of rotting leaves and sticks.
The front door is dirty and the first light switch was coming off the wall. It looked unsafe. The door frame had broken at the bottom. It looked poorly managed. It wasn’t a great welcome.
Once in, the flat smelled damp but it wasn’t overwhelming just unpleasant. The living room is quite cute but the dead plant at the window indicated this flat wasn’t well cared for and of course it doesn’t look nice. I thought it was a two bedroom flat but it was only one with a pull out couch. The couch was ok though and the linen was fresh.
The bedroom and kitchen were fine and although my mum couldn’t figure out how to put the hot water on (I think they just didn’t flick a switch) the flat was otherwise ok.
It wouldn’t take much to sort the common areas and entry points to make this flat much nicer. However for the amount I paid vs the state it was in, I feel was poor value and basically a beach tax.
I have tried to be fair and if you just want to be by the beach and cafes it’s alright I guess. Personally I wouldn’t book it again and my heart sank when I walked in.