Victorian Cottage, Close 2 All The Sights, Parking - By Tempstay♡

Very Disappointing!

3.0

Fairly quiet considering the location is close to a busy road.

− Outside very untidy - weeds in front and back garden had been there for some time, door off metre box lying on ground in driveway, gutters over-running with water due to being blocked, random flags and gravel on driveway, parking only suitable for 1 car. Inside smelled of damp when we entered, back door not locking/opening properly, decoration shabby in several places, windows and casings were filthy, shower head bracket had been replaced with a non-matching bracket which did not work properly, we couldn’t get the oven to work - no instructions/broken?, a dining chair was unsafe to sit on. It looked like the cottage had been renovated and decorated on the cheap and not maintained or updated. We are unsure which attractions it is supposed to be close to as the centre of Windsor is 1.5 miles away, the cottage is actually in Dedworth. This cottage was extremely disappointing and certainly not worth anything like the money we paid to stay. We have stayed in cottages before where owners have taken pride in the presentation of their properties whereas this one is grubby and nothing like the impression it gives on the website.

Served it’s purpose for our weekend but rather expensive for the standard

5.0

The space was as described. Good parking and easy access Nice area

− It was not really close to all the sights. Simple improvements could have made the cottage so much nicer . There was no furniture in the bedrooms apart from Ed’s and bedside tables. No mirror in one bedroom. The lounge seating was uncomfortable. One of the dining chairs was unusable. The kitchen equipment was inadequate -no baking trays or chopping board or serving dishes. The kitchen bin was broken

Dirty, smelly, dark, depressing

3.0

Nothing

− The photos on booking.com do not match what you are staying in. Here are all my issues: 1. The house is filthy. We have a crawling baby who crawled on the wooden floor for less than 5 minutes after arriving and her outfit was black. There was a disgusting mop but no bucket or anything else for me to clean with. Luckily I bought my own kitchen roll and antibacterial spray so I got on my hands and knees and did it myself. I called the management company that evening and asked for cleaners, they said they’d look into it but then had no reply. I contacted them the next day and they said someone would arrive, I said don’t bother as I’d already done it and we checked out a day early because we were so disgusted. 2. The house has a disgusting musty smell throughout. I tried to air the house as much as possible, but it lingered. 3. The house is so dark and therefore depressing. 4. The house is FREEZING. If you try to increase the thermostat it actually tells you it will heat up in 2/2.5 hours. 5. The garden it’s disgusting, not secure at all, looks nothing like the pictures and there’s actually a small road between the back door and the garden. Not good if you’re bringing a dog. 6. The bathroom literally drips from the ceiling after a shower, the room floods. 7. No handsoap was provided 8. The bathroom door gets very stuck. Absolutely horrible stay, do not recommend. Location is not nice, next time I will stay in central Windsor. We checked out a day early because we were so miserable. We have stayed in so many places for weekends and never had issues or checked out early.

Exceptional

10.0