The location is what sells this house. You wake up with the sound of the sea lapping the shore. You can eat with amazing views of the estuary, and are so isolated you feel truly alone.
A large property, with room for nearly 10 at a push. Plenty of parking, good WiFi, phone line, fully equipped kitchen, a lovely welcome bundle of goodies, and the hosts were very flexible in terms of check in and out.
The house is probably in need of some TLC, and there are elements that are now quite tired. The lack of shower in the bathroom was a pain, and the outside lights tripped the fuse box constantly until we realised they were the problem. Check in and out times are pretty restrictive, and if owners hadn't been so flexible, I don't think I would have chosen the property. A 5pm checkin and 9.30am check out just doesn't work with toddlers. There were no facilities to recycle, which is fine, but instructions suggest that you have to do it and will get charged if you don't. This should probably get resolved.
Sometimes struggled to get immediate response from owners, but always within 2/3 days.
My granfer lived in one of the two cottages that were there before the current house was built, in the 1930s, and we've often looked at it wondering what it would be like inside. he always described it as being so far from everywhere, had to walk to school in hebrandston, kept their own pigs and slept on straw beds, got cut off in winter when in snowed! But that isolation is what makes it such a special location.
