Forster - 6 Bdrm 4 Bathroom Sleeps 12 Ideal for Contractors

It’s was a very big house for our 3 families to stay

Could provide more toilet tissue, needed kitchen tissue, cleaning sponge and 1/2 big cooking pot for such a huge 6 bedrooms house

Spacious and comfortable

Not understanding how the heating works in a room upstairs

Generally it is a nice property in a good location. The kitchen is now fully equipped (i know some reviews said otherwise). Nicely decorated and clean. Whilst there were several things we were unhappy with, with a small amount of effort, this property could be excellent. With these addressed I would not hesitate to stay again. The host also kindly accommodated a later check out of 1 hour.

We didn't have hot water in most of the property for the last 3 days of our stay (only 1 bathroom out of 4) Half of us left the property earlier for this reason. We raised the issue and over the next few days several professionals came to the property with no answers and no solution was found during our stay. The hosts communication could have been better, it felt like we had to ask otherwise we would not have received an update. Some mattresses were ok, others were in really poor condition and really loud with the slightest movement. The lighting in the dining area is battery operated but the batteries were dead which wasn't ideal. Only 2 dishwasher tablets supplied for a 6 night stay (acc to the host this is the maximum they supply). Most of the bathrooms had no hand wash (the hand wash and shampoo labelled bottles were empty). The bins in the garden were completely full and a mess. There was laundry detergent and a washing line, but no pegs. A floor plan online would really make a big difference as the pictures online don't give you a real idea of the layout. Particularly for a family like ours who would've liked to discuss and plan our room allocations prior. The curtain rod in one of the bedrooms was half hanging off the wall which was worrying as it looked like it could have fallen on someone at any time, after asking the host for the second time she said we could show the engineer coming to check the hot water. However, he said he wasn't equipped to fix this problem and nothing further was done to address this during our stay despite raising it several times. Some issues raised with the host were ignored, whilst most were addressed. It's a shame we experienced all this because the property has great potential !

The location was perfect and easy access to the area we needed to get to.

I didn't like the fact that even though we were expected at the property the two men cleaners were in the middle of cleaning a very messy house when we arrived for check in at 3.30. They said that no occupants were expected even though I booked back in January. As time was tight and we had an event to go to we needed to change our clothes around the cleaners (who were very helpful). The property owners were aware that we would be arriving on time and we even requested an earlier check in that wasn't available. Apart from the bad start the rest of the stay was perfect.

Size and space of the property.

The space, number of bathrooms and toilets, communication

Very spacious and easy to locate. Not too far from shops

Heating was pre regulated and only comes up almost at midnight. Tried extending checkout time but was asked to pay £70. Had to leave as quickly as at 10am

Very good house for a large travelling group. We were a group of 12 for the weekend and the property was ideal.

A few more plates and cutlery would have been good for a house that sleeps 12. Lack of toilet paper not ideal either!

It was a very large property, plenty of room for us to spread around (5 adults, 4 children). It’s well located near the coast and town centre, and walking distance from supermarkets (Tesco, Lidl), corner shop and fish & chip shop. The area seemed nice and neighbours friendly.

One of the windows in one of the upstairs bedrooms is broken and does not close; there is a big gap. We were there on a very windy day and the curtains were blowing horizontally. I had to fill the gaps with different materials I found around the house to stop the draft. The heating in the biggest room was not working when we arrived. A plumber was sent out and managed to get some heat out; enough to get by. The hot water was lukewarm on arrival; not hot enough for a bath or to wash up. The plumber put the thermostat up a notch which fixed the issue. We could have done this ourselves but it was locked at 21 degrees which was bizarre (and a bit tight of the owner, especially when staying with kids). The property was tidy but not clean. I cooked breakfast and had to wash up prior to cooking it because the pans were so greasy. The property was not as well equipped as some other private rental properties that we’ve stayed at. Laura was the managing agent and responded quickly to the heating problem. The plumber was also nice. The property has a lot of potential and could be so much better.