The stay was great, and Mari is a great host. The reasons for our 3-start review are mostly quite simple to fix and I trust that Mari, being a wonderful and responsive host, will consider moving forward - I don't want to discourage anyone from staying at her property in the future!
Issues:
- the first and only one that's fairly big: there's quite a foul smell in the bathroom, probably caused by a return valve. It does make it very unpleasant to be in the otherwise lovely and newly refurbished shower room.
- The flush wasn't working properly while we were there, meaning we couldn't always use it! We improvised with a tub which we filled with water, so got through it fine. Mari had her cleaning crew have a look at it the same day I alerted her to it, but they reported everything was fine (but like I said, the problem comes and goes, so hopefully they'll catch it happening and be able to address it).
- Only one loo roll per stay. That was a bit inconvenient. For the sake of an extra loo roll which we requested, could've been a simple way to make the stay better. We had to go and buy a pack of 6 (smallest we could find). Only used half of 1 roll.
- We couldn't find the refuse and food bins. The 4 recyling bins were there, but we had to improvise a back of non recyclables.
- No tea towels... but to be fair, we didn't really ask Mari about this - maybe she does provide some!
- One thing which Mari has apparently no control over is the internet as there isn't a better option available in the area.... It handles streaming, but not Zoom calls. This was an issue with me, so I used 4g and it went okay. But not great for the digital nomads out there.
- The last thing I'd report is the bunk bed. We didn't need it, thankfully, but it is in quite a tight corner. A child could probably squeeze in there, but me as a large grown up couldn't really get in there!
Like I said, the flat is great and very close to a beautiful, family friendly beach. Lovely place and Mari is clearly a well intended, honest individual. This feedback is aimed at helping her service and make her property even better!