The Old Forge - an "Heritage' house

Large house with great potential! A lot of activities for a big family

It didn’t feel clean, very dusty and dirty rugs.

Good location, heritage property. Lovely log burner

Freezer door wouldn't close as it needed defrosting. Shower took ages to warm up, very poor water oressure

Location was perfect, local provisions handy, lovely character place, great value for money.

The room with the 2 single beds - the foot boards were unfortunately restrictive for anyone taller than 5ft7.

This is a very old house with a lot of character. It would be interesting to have its history. It felt very homely and comfortable. There was an amazing, eclectic collection of vinyl LPs and many DVDs. Plenty of heating options should it be required and board games for families to enjoy.

Location - easy walk to main street shops and cafes. Bathroom handbasin has been renovated. Heated towel rail in bathroom. Used bathroom as a drying room for washing. Hot water was good.

The history of the house is interesting and the outside looks great when you first arrive however, once inside, the house is rundown and looks like a  renovation that hasn't been finished e.g. lots of paint tins & tool boxes in laundry area, walls coverings some sort of paper or material that has buckled & doesn't meet dado rails, door jams or ceiling in places, pine door frames unfinished , kitchen cupboards - even suggested in information book to not use for storing food, ripped blinds on window. The furniture looked like it was picked up cheaply from a 2nd hand shop or was someones old furniture e.g. kitchen chairs have metal coating peeling off the legs, and some are quite stained. It is definitely not period furniture to match any era of the houses history. Refridgerators adequate only with no ability to store frozen food. The bedroom with bunks smells musty. Heating in the house - there are 2 wood fires, which is fine if staying for a period of time but a lot of work for a short stay. The heat pump in the lounge room looks old and questionable when filters last cleaned. I did find a column oil heater covered in thick dust that I cleaned and used in the main bedroom effectively, which gave me one warm room in the house. Had to use the heater in the bathroom extensively to keep the carpet in the bathroom dry. There was a number of used soap bars left in the bathroom and shower.

Fantastic old home. Heaps of space. Had everything you could possibly need