Overall the guest house was a cozy place to stay in a great location. My biggest issue with the place, however, was the overall cleanliness. We stayed here for a week so we needed to use the kitchen quite a bit. The dishes and silverware that were put away in the cabinets were dirty. We literally had to hand wash everything that we used in the kitchen. There was food stuck to them, handles of the silverware were slimy, and there was popcorn/food laying in the cabinets. There were also random hairs that were not ours on the bathroom floor and kitchen table.
The back office “nook” is actually more of a hallway to the bedroom, attached to the kitchen. It was cold back there and the desk chair was completely broken and unusable. We had to use the kitchen chair for that desk. Like if the chair is broken, get rid of it. The internet was very spotty, a forewarning if you are planning to work from here. I did not have as many issues as my partner did with the internet. We were both able to work successfully on our laptops, but our phones and iPad would lag quite a bit. The bedroom heat did not work at all, however a cheap space heater was provided. You couldn’t turn it up to full strength though without it shutting off. Once we tried it on the lowest level, it did help keep it a bit warmer back there, although not ideal.
I did not receive any information for checking in prior to our check in, although the host claimed to have sent it.
I had to reach out to her after our initial check in time to get our check in instructions. She did get back to me in a timely manner at least.
The place was affordable, cozy and in a great location. Jane was very responsive to messages which I appreciated a lot. My biggest issue was with the cleanliness of the place. We are paying cleaning fees, after all, and not to mention, during COVID times, cleanliness should be the TOP priority of hosts even more so than usual.