The cottage was as described but was not very clean. It wasn’t messy, just dirt and dust that could be easily cleaned. I just wanted to clean it when I got there. The mini fridge was dirty inside, I dusted off the TV to watch it and the bathroom shower is really gross! The first day I stepped into a slippery, slimy shower floor, the water did not drain and would pool to your ankles during the shower and would take an entire day to drain, so if I showered in the morning and again after returning from the beach there would still be water standing in the shower. I would shower and then wash my feet in the sink, otherwise there was no other way to clean your feet. And after my 9 day stay it started to really stink. The bedroom floor had actual dust bunnies that I had to pick up and throw away. It was workable but I was expecting minimally for it to be CLEAN. Because of the cleanliness issues I decided not to cook and I ate out every meal including coffee. Hindsight I would have rather stayed in a property on the beach since I never used the kitchen or anything other than my bedroom.
This was the first time that I’ve had this kind of issue with an Airbnb but unfortunately it was on a vacation to Maui. It took away some of my enjoyment of this vacation and actually made me uncomfortable.
The hosts were accommodating and nice….otherwise I can NOT understand why no one mentioned these issues in their reviews. It’s a shared bathroom with the son so it was an obvious issue to him but it was seemingly normal. It was weird and gross.
I could go on…
I am not extremely picky and have stayed in many different budget hotels, extravagant hotels, I’ve roughed it around the US, Mexico, Europe, hostiles, campgrounds and have had better showers everywhere else.
I am very realistic but I do expect things to be minimally clean.
I can’t say I would recommend this place but it could be amazing if someone took just a little bleach, Mister clean, Draino and very little effort.