Darlington Home Away From Home

The location was good close to the town, 5 minute drive if that

1. The smell of death within the property was so bad upon arrival, during the stay and as leaving the property. 2. The communication with the owner of the property was terrible, they done nothing to get rid of the smell to make sure we was comfortable. Constant excuses of why he couldn’t get to the phone. 3. Was made to think we was smelling the smell and That they was using a Spanish cleaning product, but as leaving to check out we met with the cleaner who clarified that yes what we could smell was unacceptable she was going to contact the owner herself as it was like a dead mouse was under the floor board 4. Was just left utterly disappointed 5. Unable to use cooking facilities as they was covered in greasy slime, wouldn’t recommend

Good location. Closer to the town centre Very clean and comfortable house. Would stay there again.

There was no dining table in the kitchen

Property was nice and cosy

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Unfortunately the stay was soured by a non-repayment of a prior to booking undisclosed damage deposit, and the owner of the property has ignored any messages prior to me checking out of the property for return of the payment. Please avoid, people like this should not be allowed to list on booking.com. Bare in mind this was a midweek booking for a business trip so I slept there and not much else.

Easy to park. There was nothing else to like.

This property is not a home from home with very little furniture and no homely touches. The for sale board was not a good first impression It was very disappointing. The kitchen grill and oven were dirty and no oven trays provided. We had one mug and a broken glass between 4 of us. It says towels were provided and there was one between us. The fridge had things left from the last person and the freezer box is iced up and cant be uaed. The garden was overgrown, broken patio furniture, cigerette butt's covering the patio and bags of rotting grass left in the garden. The blinds are broken so could not block the light in the front room and wardrobe doors just propped up behind the bed. The property was not clean and there is mould on the walls. We tried to contact the owner and waited 20 hours for any response with minimal responsibility taken. This ruined the start of our holiday and we had to book in a hotel as we could not stay here.

Lock box code sent at check in time. The house was clean and spacious as we were visiting a relative location was excellent, good that we could park off road.

Although the kitchen was equipped so you could cook, there was nowhere to actually eat, really needs a dining table, we had to eat out both nights; as previous people have said could really do with bedside tables/lamps too. The property has beds for 7 people, living room seating does not sit that many, also we found only 1 mug and 1 glass, I queried this but got no reply, had to borrow from my father-in-law. We had paid a security deposit, upon check out I messaged to say we had left and all in good order, expected deposit to be returned quickly, however this took nearly 3 weeks, 5 messages on the app, 1 phone call and one follow up text. Eventually money returned with a message saying owner had family issues, in my opinion not an excuse for not replying to my messages

Great value for money. Clean. Feels like we are staying in your own home. Easy check in anytime. We was able to get into the property earlier than time stated which was perfect as we had a lot of luggage and had been travelling for a long time. Close to shops. Would deffinitly recommend this as a place to stay.