Winter Sunshine
Review Submitted: March 9, 2009
Date of Stay: February 2009
The bungalow was in a good location, very quiet and privately situated. Very close to the beach where you could stroll along the sand to the centre, passing a couple of lovely beach bars on the way. In the evening we walked into town via the roads which did take us longer. The centre offeres good facilities and choice.
The bungalow is lovely. On arrival, internally the bungalow was clean, comfortable, very pretty and most inviting. Overall very well equipped, the kitchen provided everthing we needed, a little home from home. We were very lucky with the weather 11 days of glorious sunshine, one evening of heavy rain. We had a lovely stay, we hired a jeep and spent some time touring the island, make sure you look for special offers when hiring a car you can get some good deals. The same when eating out, it can be expensive but there are some good offers out there with quality food..
Externally the bungalow was also very pretty, with comfortable furniture and sunbeds, yet we felt a little let down as it was clear that the patios, tables etc had not been cleaned after the previous guests, prior to our arrival. We cleaned this ourselves which is a job you do not expect to do at the start of your holiday. Although the weather was hot the pool was very cold, definitely not heated. We were there 10 days and in that time neither the garden or pool were maintained, and as the pool was not covered it became dirty very quickly, so unfortunately we tended not to use it. I would say this was our biggest negative, as it defeats the point of renting a villa with a private heated pool. On the last day of our stay it became clear that the pool heating was broken, as a pool engineer called to assess the work required and to fix it. As the owners had been aware of the problem, its just a big shame the pool heating hadnt been rectified prior to our stay, I noted another guest made the same comments about the pool in November 08. Hopefully this is all sorted now!
All in all we had a great holiday, I would stay there again in the future, based on the assurance that the pool heating was in working order and all external areas including the pool were cleaned and maintained as advertised.
Owner's Response: Thank you for your answer and review.
Our housekeeper was at the villa, he recognised that it was something wrong with the electric heating and called the pool engeneer. He found out, that the motherboard was broken and today (11.03.09) they exchanged the electric heating completely. The solar heating is only 6 month old and workes all the time and is still working perfectly.
In such really important cases it is really necessary to call us a.s.a.p., exact for such cases we are available 24h to make and to keep your stay comfortable.
Now, that solar and electric heating are brandnew, we´re sure, everything will be all right in future...
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