In terms of location, the cottage is wonderful but the cottage itself is in need of some attention from the host. The food prep area is insufficient for nearly all tasks lacking such simple dishes as bowls and cups (outside of wine glasses and coffee mugs). The fridge in the food prep area ticks loudly enough to be heard from the bedroom at night. All interior doors either creak loudly or are out-of-square enough to require force to close. The smoke detector in the common area was inoperable and the smoke detector in the bedroom went off briefly but at full intensity (a false alarm) in the middle of the night. I had two conversations with the host about the fridge and fire alarm and was dismissed with a simple "Yeah, it does that".