“This holiday cottage is a lovely spacious bungalow in a quiet cul-de-sac.”
It was clean but lacks a lot of touches that we have always had in previous cottages.
On telephoning the owner regarding the keys I was made aware that the dishwasher was broken, as I do not own a dishwasher I was not concerned regarding this, however, I was not advised to take a dishcloth, fortunately I had taken one along with tea towels as mentioned in the facilities provided also there were no cleaning produce i.e. bleach or Cif type cleaner.
The pedal bin in the kitchen was only the size normally found in the bathroom and no where near big enough for a kitchen - no bin liners provided either. We made a trip to Tesco which is about 2 miles away to stock up on these things.
The toaster had not been cleaned and was full of crumbs, and in the bread bin there was a crust of bread and a loaf of bread that was 3 days out of use. In other cottages we have stayed in there has always been a fresh carton of milk in the fridge but NOT at Isla Cottage again fortunately we had taken some.
The lighting in the lounge is inadequate, there is one centre light and one table lamp both with 7 watt low energy bulbs making it impossible to read in the evening.
In the bathroom there is NO shaver point or mirror over the washbasin to shave with.
Finally, the outside bin for general rubbish was full to bursting obviously never been emptied for a while. There should be someone appointed to put out the rubbish bins on the appropriate days.