The cottage was as described. Very cute and homey. The decor was really pretty. Sean was very kind to bring us a box fan on the first night to help make us more comfortable with no air conditioning. The location was so convenient with just a short walk to the beach. It was pretty quiet except for the wind chimes in the garden. We brought a white noise maker and it drowned out any noise at nighttime.
My only issue was the black ant problem. When we got to the cottage, the cleaner had just left and it appeared pretty clean. There were a few black ants crawling in the bathtub and sink and one or two on the bed. I noticed there was an ant bait trap beside the bed. I killed the ants on the bed and didn’t think anything else about it. The next day, we left and were gone most of the day. When we came back, the entire bed was crawling with tiny black ants. There were at least 100. We decided to go to a hotel.
Sean offered to come change the bedding and that was very kind, but by that point, the ants has freaked us out enough. He chose not to offer us any kind of partial refund.
If you don’t mind ants, the place is great. Sean was very nice, but I was disappointed he didn’t offer us any sort of refund, even if it was just a small amount.