The house is in a good location 10mins walk from the two nearest beaches and the town centre All five bedrooms are of good size (one twin) and the beds comfortable. Each room had individual aircon, we only needed it for a couple of nights, and then only to drop the temperature by a couple of degrees, but it worked fine. The gardens and pool were well kept, although the gardeners turned up on Sunday rather than the Saturday change over day, so they spent the morning getting the pool and BBQ area in good shape from the previous tenants and were rather in the way. The pool was very cold, despite the assurances from Julie before the booking, but I should have known better. If you don’t need aircon at night, then non-heated pools will be cold. We didn’t meet Julie as the place is owned and administered by her parents, mostly her Mum, who was helpful enough. The kitchen is small with old cheap appliances. There is a one slice toaster (for 8 people), the filter coffee maker has a broken coffee holder and takes for ever, the kettle doesn’t turn itself off and the microwave is from the 70’s. These could be replaced for the price of a few hrs rent. One really annoying thing was the chickens living on the plot next door. Two cockerels started off at 5:00 every morning and didn’t stop until lunch time. The chickens are being fed and watered, clearly by someone who doesn’t have to live next to them. I’m not sure what the owners can do – in the UK the noise can be classed as a statutory nuisance. We were plagued by little mossies, inside and out. Most people went home with dozens of itchy bites and combined with the chickens meant some sleepless nights despite using jungle spray. They could always find the square inch you missed. It wasn’t helped by the owners collecting rain water, which you could see was teeming with larvae. They did at least empty this out when I pointed out the obvious. The only solution is to spray from head to toe. There was a rat running about in the back garden and the occasional cockroach in the bath, but you expect this in warm climates. It didn’t bother most of us (the owner said the whole island has rats). Overall we enjoyed our stay, but felt the place could do with some maintenance (e.g. the front door step is broken, the light over the outdoor dining table needed an electrician and one aircon unit was draining condensation onto the bedroom floor rather then outside). Also needs a little updating to justify the high rent. As for Cala d’Or, we liked the town, the people were friendly and there were plenty of places to eat. We encountered the mauve stinger jellyfish (nasty sting) on 3 days out of 7 in numbers too large to negotiate. Their presence is not predictable, none one...