The cottage is lovely, very clean and well maintained, (that's why we chose it) but be warned!! We stayed for 1 week with our 2 dogs and a total of 4 adults. On leaving we cleaned out the fridge, cleaned the cooker/ BBQ etc, swept the downstairs floors, (we only allowed the dogs downstairs) as we wanted to remove dog hairs, and generally left the property in a good state. We fully expected the owner to be happy with all of this but NO! He retained a third of our deposit saying that the cottage needed extra cleaning time as we had left it in bad state, saying that the towels were very dirty (only one small bath towel per person for the week). Yes the towels were dirty as they were very well used, but that is no reason to withhold our deposit, a second supply of towels should be provided to ensure they're not so well used. He also said there were marks on the walls, we absolutely dispute this as we saw no evidence of this and no proof was provided before he took our money! We were aware of marks on the first step of the staircase, but that that wasn't due to our being there, we only did what any person would do when walking up the stairs?? Perhaps the varnish wasn't satisfactory?? We felt sullied by the remarks from the owner and now have a very bad view of the holiday, we live in a beautiful Georgian home which is immaculate both inside and out, I run a professional domestic cleaning company and am responsible for many prestigious homes, and would only ever respect a persons property. We are now going through the claim system to retrieve our full deposit, which is not how we wanted to end our holiday! So be warned!