The property is in good condition, particularly the upper floor, which has been updated recently . It looks out over St Anne’s Bay with the Englishtown ferry directly viewed from the large windows . Access to the Cabot trail is just a short drive down an unpaved road .
Unfortunately, although the property is good, I have to say that I was very surprised by the sometimes abrupt communications from the owner , particularly in relation to internet access . Apparently , rural internet is expensive, a fact that was mentioned to us on many many many occassions , both in the check in details that were supplied upon paying the damage deposit and in several texts and emails . Honestly, I felt like I was about to visit a prison and the communications were extremely directive and rules based . Apparently some previous renters had possibly abused the supplied internet, according to the owner and he has now instituted a 1GB per day cap . Anything over that would incur a ten dollars per GB charge . So be it, but there was no mention of this when booking , which is false advertising . There were also no options available . I always travel with a cellphone data package as do my other Family members . I even bring along an international Mi-Fi when I travel, so if we want internet , we have it . Thus, after getting a bit upset with the constant messages about internet usage before I had even arrived, I suggested to the owner that I would switch off the router . Case over, you might imagine. There would be no way for my family to rack up even a kilobyte . Upon that suggestion I received a very abrupt message that I should not turn off the Router as ‘ it is too hard to re- configure ‘ . Hmmmm.... wonder what happens when a storm knocks out power ... It must be very frustrating for the owner to have to reconfigure the router each and every time but I digress. So, we left the router on, enjoyed the tranquility and when we needed internet to investigate local attractions or stay in touch with work and family, we all used our cell and mi- fi packages without issue . Oh, and apparently cellphone coverage is difficult according to the owner . I can only say that we never , ever had an issue.
Although the internet issue is my main complaint, don’t expect a fantastic check in and check out process either . In fact, you are left to your own devices on this property .