I had a wonderful stay here by myself. John was very welcoming and accomodating. The location was nice, tucked away, separate from the main house, surrounded by beautiful plants and some banana trees.
I arrived a few minutes early for check-in and John was there just finishing up cleaning/setting the place up. I was happy to wait sitting outside on a bistro table and pet his friendly dog (who won't stop barking at you when you pull in your car, but he will not want you to stop petting him once you greet and hang with him). John gave me a thorough show-around the cottage, showing me all the amenities and extra towels/blankets/etc. in the closets, lights, temperature control, who to expect to see around outside, etc. I appreciated that he was in the middle of fixing up the window sills with new granite tops. He also had all types of beach amenities outside the house I could help myself to, including the useful, classic technique of reusing gallon size water bottles for rinsing off after some surf/sand. He also gave me some surf spot recommendations.
I love to cook and the kitchen was very well equipped, fridge stocked with all sorts of condiments. The gas stove currently pictured is not there anymore, but there is an electric plate and a countertop toaster oven.
Something that might be a big issue for some people is to expect very spotty wifi. Except for one night where it worked really well, I didn't have any working wifi and my T-Mobile cell coverage was also incredibly slow and spotty.