We spent 6 nights at this cottage. The location is great.
The entrance/living room looks nice. The countertop and refrigerator in the kitchenette were clean.
The bathroom was clean, the bedsheets and pillows and towels were clean. The outdoor table and chairs and the outdoor shower were a great addition.
I'm sorry to say that the cottage requires significant updates. We were not able to open the sofa bed in the living room and saw a lot of spiderwebs so probably it hasn’t been used and cleaned for a long time. We decided to find an airbed and sleep on that. The WIFI was not working when we arrived on Saturday. Property manager was responsive but it took a couple of days to fix it. We’ve been offered a refund for the disservice.
The window AC units are held together with duct tape. The heating system around the house is old and rusty and falling apart in the kitchen. The kitchenette needs some attention. I’ve visited during COVID so we didn’t go to restaurants. The plates, glasses, utensils, bowls should be washed. I’ve found a dead cockroach in a baking dish. The cabinets and drawers in the kitchen are very hard to open (sticky because not cleaned or just a poor design?).
The trash can with foot pedal is broken and the lid has a crack!
The bathroom cabinet is VERY OLD. I couldn’t open it.
The curtains in the bathroom are too short so you don’t have privacy in the bathroom if someone is on the deck. The heater in the bathroom is rusty.
In the bedroom, there are stains on the ceiling. Two shades are broken and need to be replaced.
Nice size closet in the bedroom but full of old stained pillows, blankets, and all different hangers and maybe a beach towel. We didn’t touch anything. When I’ve opened it, there was an ironing board opened with iron and a table lamp on it! Why do you keep a lamp on the iron table in the closet?
I don’t mind old houses but I feel that nobody (owner or property manager) is taking care of this cottage.
Minor suggestions:
In the summer, make sure you turn on the AC before the arrival of your guests. Provide cleaning supplies. Only a travel-size dish detergent and dishwasher pods (but there is no dishwasher!). Nothing else. Not a broom and dustpan.
Please provide a wine opener. I couldn’t open a bottle wine with the pocket corkscrew. The couch should be cleaned underneath, as well as all the windows. The mirror in the bathroom can’t be opened because the it hits the light bulbs.