6/10 Okay
Sharmita S.
12 Sept 2018
Nice villa, but in need of updating and misleading profile
My family and I enjoyed our holiday together however we were disappointed with some aspects of the villa, which with more care and attention could have been amazing, but unfortunately it is in serious need of updating, and a decent airing as parts of it smelled quite strongly of damp.
On the plus side, the swimming pool was great, nice and clean and has a safety alarm; we enjoyed the pool table in the evenings; a local lady Natalie catered for us the first night and the food/menu was great, highly recommended; the underground River about 40 mins away was a brilliant excursion for the day; Mark kindly did a shop for us at our request before we arrived; and responded to issues as well as he could.
The negatives were: The main photo of the house in the profile is actually Mark's place, the rental part is the section off to the right; the large 'movie' room space in the pics is also in Mark's house and although he offered for us to use it, we weren't comfortable asking to enter his house to do so; one of the double rooms was separate from the rest of the house; the ping pong table/games room is actually in what is used as a garage; the room with 4-5 single beds pictured (which we had earmarked for the children) has several windows at floor height with no locks/safety bars so we could not use this room; the dishwashers were old and problematic and need replacing (which Mark himself said); the kitchen was disorganised and one the the cupboard doors fell off; one of the showers upstairs caused a leak downstairs in the kitchen near the electrics which needs a serious look at for safety if nothing else; the kitchen could also do with some kind of electric fly killer as the flies were relentless in the heat; no hand soap or hand towels were provided in any of the bathrooms which we would have expected; as the villa has no air conditioning, fans in the rooms would have been welcome as the heat was stifling; there was no tennis court that we could see; nor bikes to borrow as per profile.
Sharmita S.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2018
