“We had a lovely stay and the house… it had great views of the sea, it was light and bright in a fantastic location, a few minutes walk to the beach in Benllech and to the local shops.”
We all liked the fact it seemed recently renovated, parking was easy, with plenty of kitchen equipment and enough sofa space, for three adults and two children not to be on top of each other.
My niece loved playing with the toys from the toy-box and spying on ships with the binoculars!
The upstairs bedrooms and ensuite were a particular highlight- fresh, cosy and modern. We all gave a thumbs up for how comfy the beds were, as that’s often not the case when on holiday. We all liked the bedding and fluffy towels too. I’ve stayed in many four/five rated cottages over the years and I think the house is up there, but…there’s always a but!
Level of cleaning:
There were short dog hairs all over the scatter cushions and a few long human ones in the living area and on the throw on the bed downstairs and on the duvet. This meant my first thirty minutes when arriving was locating the hoover and hoovering the sofa and picking off dog hairs off the bed. The hoover itself smelled of wet dog and was filthy. I like dogs by the way, so this isn’t an anti-dog moan, if the house allows pets it needs to be thoroughly cleaned, along with a good dust on the downstairs headboard/ furniture, all the window sills and moving objects in the kitchen counter not wiping round them. It looked like it had just had a quick hoover.
If you can’t check in until 4pm, I expected it to be spotless.
A few suggestions by the other adults staying, in no particular order!
The T.V. needs to be connected to the aerial so the ‘Freeview’ / live T.V. can be watched. It’s odd it isn’t as it’s easy to do, especially as there is an aerial socket. You don’t always want to watch subscription channels.
It would be a great help if guest pack had help in how to use the Nest heating thermostat. Saves ‘Googling’ it ! You want the least effort in doing things when you are on holiday, not looking for aerials in the roof or mauals.
A welcome pack… or just a pint of milk.
More tea-towels. We had one.
I’m sure the review sounds like we are fuss pots, that’s not the case, it’s just the house is lovely and could be amazing if the cleaning and tech was easier. Having said all of that, I’ve rebooked, can’t be that bad eh? Let’s hope the hairs have gone and a new hoover has been purchased!!!
