Our stay was going great until an encounter with the host (Paul) ended our stay abruptly.
We were enjoying our stay so much after we stayed at the guest house on rockpiles we booked the en suite (which is connected to paul and josh’s house). We were celebrating my boyfriends birthday dinner at turtle bay and his brother drove an hour to meet us for dinner. After dinner we received a flash flood alert that alarmed everybody’s phone to not travel in life threatening conditions. We decided it was best to let his brother stay the night with us instead of driving over an hour back to his house.
We never once played loud music or disrespected the space by any means. We came back after dinner and went to bed. His brother left by 8am and was very quiet and respectful.
The next afternoon I was caught off guard by Paul who walked over to our rental unit and looked inside while I was laying in bed. I waved at him and sat up because I thought he needed something. He glared at me and walked away and did not wave or smile back.
About 20 minutes later I walked outside to greet a friend of mine in the driveway. Paul once again caught me off guard and approached me asking me what was going on here in an annoyed manner. I was confused and didn’t know what he was talking about. He then said I broke the rules of having a guest and I tried to explain the situation of the flash flood warnings. He continued to get more agitated and annoyed with me and then pointed to my friend that was with me and told me I needed to let them know when I was having guests. I had previously informed Josh of my guests I was having over and I told Paul that I had done that.
He then continued to go back to me breaking the rules of having the guest sleep over. I apologized but he kept yelling obscene things at me and pointing in my face telling me I was never welcome again on the property. He proceeded to look at my guest and told him to shut up. I asked him to stop yelling at us and he continued to get louder and saying more disrespectful stuff.
I left crying and ran back to my room as he continued to yell across the yard at me.
Josh (the other host) came over trying to make amends and apologized for Pauls behavior. He said he had some medical issues that caused the erratic behavior.
At this point we no longer felt welcome on the property as our unit was directly connected with their house and we shared the beachside patio with them. Paul never apologized or came back over but continued to stare at us through the windows of his house with his arms crossed.
We ended our stay early because of this. I felt unwelcome, threatened and put down.
Josh you were great and I can’t stress that enough. You were very pleasant to deal with and dealt with everything in a professional manner. He gave us a generous parting gift on the way out to try and make up for Paul’s behavior.
I hope nobody has to experience this on there vacation the way I did. I do not recommend this place if you want to feel like you have your own space. Paul is watching everything you do apparently and he can’t restrain his anger.