Cute cottage, stylishly decorated. Owner responsive to emails.
However, this place needs some attention.
Upon arrival, it was quite warm/hot inside (26C). A/C unit soooo loud, could not carry conversation. Watch app recorded 82 db! I called owner, as was afraid it was broken, and talked in front of the unit. She said it was an older unit, and nobody else had complained, apologized for it not being to my standards and opening windows was an option. There was no way we could sleep with the noise, and it rattled on outdoor deck too, so “useless” in my opinion. We had to go outside when running it, then turn it off while indoors. Bathroom towel rung fell off wall upon arrival (loose plugs which appeared to have been previously fixed and now had even bigger holes) and shower curtain liner needed changing (stained, not-so-clean plastic). I shook our bath mat upon arrival, as ?clean (hair/fluff?grass)? Toilet and tub were clean, though. Fridge door had no handle, + BBQ had no handle (but I was advised of BBQ when emailed the door code) and the side of BBQ was about to fall off. We used oven mitt to open it, though there was only 1 oven mitt provided. Also, 3 pots but one missing a lid. Raft oar broken, had to borrow tape from a neighbour + use kindling to strengthen it (rendering it unable to be rowed with, only like a paddle, which was awkward), then noticed raft lost some air despite us adding some before going on water. Life jackets were new and very clean. Umbrella in photos of patio set is not available - I inquired but was told it is a new patio set (different than photos). Fine, but there was a hole for umbrella on new one too, and use of one would’ve been nice. 1 weirdly orange-stained towel, but we had 2 extra so were OK. The last problem was puddling of water under sink after doing dishes. After cleaning this out, we had to use recycling bin to avoid damage.
Owner was polite and responded to my complaints, but I felt deceived by the photos and descriptions, expecting better quality and actual availability. Perhaps a little TLC of some of these details would’ve made the stay more enjoyable, especially the air conditioning (!). We paid enough money for it, but will definitely not be returning.