We highly commend Carol as a host for her attention and care to us since our original booking of this house when the family wedding we were to attend in August last year needed to be moved due to COVID.
When we arrived this year (7-11 April), it was during the second bout of heavy rain inundation for the area and like many places nearby the house and surrounds were suffering. Carol maintained contact with us over our stay and was responsive to the accompanying damp and rodent issues that had emerged due to the weather. Her husband brought some dehumidifiers over the weekend, and we were very appreciative of all the efforts Carol and her husband undertook. They were terrific.
So, Carol and her husband get excellent marks. Their cleaners do not. Carol did try to rectify this during our stay, including a refund of the cleaning fee, which we kindly acknowledge, and which Carol offered.
The house itself is a VERY large, roomy, comfortable, and older style beach house. We had plenty of room for our intergenerational stay. There is evidence of ongoing upgrading of furniture and furnishings.
The house is positioned on what is effectively a narrow service road below Barrenjoey Road, in a quiet spot and has an outstanding aspect onto the water. The positives of this positioning are also a challenge when such prolonged, atypical, and inclement weather inundated the seawater side of the block, not to our detriment as it was not swimming weather. There is an abundance of parking on site which is unusual in the area.
In summary, a very attentive host. With some further maintenance, which we understand is planned, and new cleaners who pay attention to detail, this would be a spectacular family holiday home.