“The house was refurbished lovely; ...”
The house was refurbished lovely; with high ceilings, large windows, it had a real comfortable relaxed feel. However, the outside space was not inviting to spend time in and lacked comfortable seating areas. The Hot tub was a great feature, but there was a distinctive lack of chairs outside around the tub for those in the party that did not want to go in.
When we arrived our grandchildren and grown up children were disappointed to see that the Games Table as advertised in the info was actually broken and unable to be played upon, also the pool table in the conservatory only had one cue which was actually fit for playing . We felt that the owners should definitely have removed the broken games table as this item as due to its size it was a big obstacle in the room that blocked the front window, the pool cues need replacing. All the information needs updating as my husband tried to reset the heating thermostat as described in the info book when in fact the thermostat receiver had been disconnected from the boiler. The cost of the property reflects the time of the year, however we actually thought that this was over-priced for the facilities included. The failings we found are:
1) not enough chairs around dining table for 10 people
2) not enough juice/tumblers glasses for 10 people (only 3) (we had 4 children under 6 years in our party and there were 8 plastic champagne glasses)
3) set of knives in a knife block but not one would cut bread
4) general cleanliness overall was lacking as I had to wash all the towels as they smelt of mustiness/mold
5) central heating thermostat was broken and the radiators were full of air (very noisy)
6) in downstairs bathroom there is a lack of coat hooks for towel/dressing gown (very tight space needs improving)
- Mr & Mrs Ball, April 2018
