“I’ll start with the positives….”
The cottage itself is in a beautiful village, nicely tucked away, and with easy walkable access to shops and pubs. The beds were comfy and clean, and there were plenty of towels which were also clean, but sadly the positives stop there. This is by far the dirtiest holiday cottage we’ve ever stayed in…there were cobwebs and dust everywhere, the bathroom was appalling…very thick dust on the chrome sides of the sink, skirting’s and mirror light, and the floor covered my socks in dust also. The living room/kitchen floor was filthy, behind the sofa was shockingly dusty and dirty (I had to go behind it for the lamp plug) and it looked like it hadn’t been cleaned properly in some time, along with the unit that the microwave sits on. There is a hole in the wall straight in front of you when you walk in the door, that looks unsightly with bits of stone falling out. The main door is very difficult to open and close (I think perhaps the door has swollen) and gets suck on the built in brown bristle mat as you walk in. The cooker and washing machine were both very unclean, and the glass dishes and frying pans were also filthy. The shelf where the plates and dishes were kept was thick in dust and all bar one of the egg cups had egg on them. The sugar bowl was packed full of sugar sachets, and when I tried to take some out, they were stuck to old sugar that was loose in it. The cupboard under the sink is dirty, with a broken pan cleaner in it, and looked like there had been some kind of leak at some point. The fridge has the door shelf missing to store things like, milk, juice, etc and there was fat marks and stains in it, that I cleaned myself before putting any food in it. The freezer is in desperate need of a defrost and has one door part missing that was put in the fridge. The whole place is in desperate need of a good clean and freshen up in every room, to make it nice again, as it could be beautiful. Also, we had two small dogs with us, which were kept on a lead at all times as required, but the owners two dogs are let to run loose, and her smaller one (a jack russel type) ran to my smaller dog and attacked him, and only stopped when I picked both of mine up. The owner did apologise, but I found this completely unacceptable, and distressing. The wifi is very poor, and although that didn’t really bother us, I could see this being frustrating for someone needing to rely on it. All in all the area is lovely, and the cottage could be amazing with a bit of TLC, and a thorough clean.
