The Red Barn

Lovely place, and scenery.

It was advertised as one big house for our group of 11 people. We were surprized to find the accommodation as 6 seperate rooms far from a communal living/kitchen area. Defenitely not what we booked for our group of woman and small kids. The power dipped every now and then, and when using the hairdryer the lights went completly off. There were no water the Saturday evening when we got back after a long day of athletics. The hostess said they will convert the borehole to the accommodation. It came back very late at night, but rooms 1 and 2 had no hot water. Lots of bats in the communal area and in the rooms. The rooms were otherwise clean and nicely furnished, but it was overall not the weekend that we hoped to experience. Please don't advertise it like one unit/house.

A shame there is no wifi.

Nice view.

1. Distance between sleeping quarters and living area. This is 80m. Rain and distance makes this an issue. 2. Living area toilet is outside. Rain makes this an issue. Ladies were also scared to go here all the time. 3. Bat and infestation in roof of sleeping area. Constant noise. 4. Spiders in rooms. Either not cleaned properly or not fumigated. This did not go down well with the ladies. 5. Maintenance needed. 6. Road to accommodation needs fixing. 7. Living area has canvas to close the 3 x areas. At night, its a problem with the insect's going after the light. Its not sealed properly.

John our host was very helpful to pull a stuck vehicle out of a ditch. Unfortunately we were not advised that the road to the accommodation was severely damaged but John was a star.

The kitchen area was supposed to be serviced which is wasn't. The gas geyser needs a cover to protect the flame from going out during a windy period (like August when we were there)