Cosy Hideaway

The location was good, about a 10 minute walk to the gateway into Valetta and situated in a quiet street with no intrusive noise. Comfortable bed and pillows with crisp clean sheets. Very clean though furnished quite basically. The house was characterful and had a certain charm.

The living area/kitchen was on one level with the bathroom and bedroom on the floor above. There was only air conditioning in the bedroom and when we stayed the average temperature was around 32 degrees and the temperature didn't fall much in the evening. This meant we were unable to use the living area/kitchen as it was stifling with only an ineffective ceiling fan which didn't cool this area at all, just pushed very hot air around the room. The electrical sockets are the same as UK sockets, they have square holes. The kettle and the hairdryer are fitted with European plugs with round pins and consequently we couldn't use either. I attempted to contact the owner two days running but she didn't respond. On the third day she contacted me and explained that she had been away with no signal. Questions arise from this situation: why would you go away and not appoint a deputy to be on hand to look after your guests should there be an issue? And secondly, why would you furnish your accommodation with European electrical items when the sockets are UK sockets? I raised these questions with the owner and was given no explanation why she hadn't appointed a deputy to look after her guests in her absence. With regard to the electrical items she explained that previous clients had inadvertently taken electrical adapters which are needed for the kettle and hairdryer and that this happens frequently. If the owner has recognised this as a continual and repetitive problem why hasn't she come up with a solution? There are two obvious solutions: you carry a stock of electrical adapters and at each change over you check if a replacement adapter is needed and you leave one or you simply change the plugs on the kettle and hairdryer. Problem solved! Personally I was disappointed with this accommodation for the above reasons and couldn't recommend staying here.

Perfect location - central but quiet. Kitchen well equipped.

No soap in the bathroom. It would be nice to provide one or two more socket adapters (in Malta, the sockets are of English type).

Clean, comfy, it has everything you need.