“The cottage was clean and well equipped, and the garden was really well enclosed for the dogs, with a good walk for them along the bridleway alongside.”
However, the sofa in the living room was extremely dirty, and needed a good clean. It was also in need of re-upholstering and extremely difficult to get up from, after a long period of sitting. We are not in the prime of our youth, but don't normally have this trouble anywhere else.
As it was a very warm week, necessitating doors and windows to be left open, flies were a really big problem, and we left a note in the book for the owners, recommending a fly spray that we ourselves use, which is sprayed onto window frames and ledges, which kills flies almost instantly.
The stairs are also very hard to cope with, with an extremely narrow angled turn at the top. Definitely not recommended for the elderly or for young children!