“The worst house we have stayed at in the UK, but the best view we have experienced from a property.”
Not as described, looks more like a former youth hostel than a 'cottage'.
Awful smell of damp permiates downstairs, most windows are sealed shut there, so you can't relieve that.
Upstairs nice lounge area and balcony with view. Carpets mouldy and blackened at the edges, new style flooring in bedroom not stuck down properly, so moves when you walk and pinches your toes if barefoot, skirting boards bending from walls lumps out of plaster on walls, awful mattresses (our son had to pile two up in the second bedroom to get comfortable), refurbished bathroom upstairs but water pressure is such that it takes around 50 mins (NO exaggeration ) to run a bath half full of hot water, by which time the water is luke warm. Description of garden is hilarious as it looks overgrown and unmaintained. Parking very tricky but you learn to adapt. Very helpful caretaker and place kept clean but sofa could do with a professional wash. Needs substantial investment to refurb to level of other holiday lets in area, but I suppose if the owners can command in excess of £200 a night in mid season and be fully booked (due to the view) then who am I to comment of business model? We would not visit again or recommend it to friends. We spent under half the amount for the previous week, just down the road, great place, but no sea to view!
Thank you for your feedback and we are sorry that you were unhappy with certain aspects of the property during your stay. This is a very old, quirky Cornish granite built coastal property, located on a cliff hence the fantastic views but like all coastal properties it is affected by damp weather. The carpets are cleaned on a regular basis but they are not mouldy and the flooring in the bedroom you mention is slightly uneven due to the insulation underneath and is covered by a rug. I hope you can appreciate that due to the age of the property not all skirting boards are flush with the walls and we do acknowledge that although the shower is fine it does take a while to run a full bath. The mattresses are only a year old and are personal preference and there is a parking space which we are sorry to hear that you found tricky to park in. The lawns are cut on a regular basis but the flower beds have been a little over grown recently, during the rainy period that we have been experiencing. Again we thank you for your comments and hope that you can read the many positive feedback that we have received this year with some guests returning for a 5th time.
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