4/10 Poor
Jane M.
7 Jul 2023
Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Listing accuracy
5* view 1* house
The worst house we have stayed at in the UK, but the best view we have experienced from a property.
Not as described, looks more like a former youth hostel than a 'cottage'.
Awful smell of damp permiates downstairs, most windows are sealed shut there, so you can't relieve that.
Upstairs nice lounge area and balcony with view. Carpets mouldy and blackened at the edges, new style flooring in bedroom not stuck down properly, so moves when you walk and pinches your toes if barefoot, skirting boards bending from walls lumps out of plaster on walls, awful mattresses (our son had to pile two up in the second bedroom to get comfortable), refurbished bathroom upstairs but water pressure is such that it takes around 50 mins (NO exaggeration ) to run a bath half full of hot water, by which time the water is luke warm. Description of garden is hilarious as it looks overgrown and unmaintained. Parking very tricky but you learn to adapt. Very helpful caretaker and place kept clean but sofa could do with a professional wash. Needs substantial investment to refurb to level of other holiday lets in area, but I suppose if the owners can command in excess of £200 a night in mid season and be fully booked (due to the view) then who am I to comment of business model? We would not visit again or recommend it to friends. We spent under half the amount for the previous week, just down the road, great place, but no sea to view!
Jane M.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023