Villa is located in a quiet and secluded area and is well equipped and tastefully decorated. The location is central and most places can be reached within a 30 to 40min. car journey.
The check in and check out was well organised and the host was really helpful and attentive.
Please note that the villa is not 4 bedroom as advertised, the fourth ‘bedroom’ is a pull out sofa on the landing area. It did not affect our visit as we were a party of 6, which conformably fits in the 3 double bedrooms.
Also note that the villa is off the grid, electrical power is provided by solar panel with batteries and a backup generator. Although the concept works, it means that the lights have a tendency to flicker. We also had a complete back out when the weather was a bit cloudy and the generator did not start early one morning. Again this was quickly resolved.
The villa has a lot of art ornaments in and around the house, which makes the villa not really suitable for families with very young children.
Garbage is not collected and had to be brought to the local garbage collection point in town (only open on certain days), which is a bit of a pain given the hot temperatures and the lack of temporary garbage storage in the property.
Pool maintenance is minimal. In our two weeks stay, the pool was cleaned once. In previous villa stays, the pool had been inspected and cleaned every other day. No water sample was taken, which in other villas samples were taken every few days. Due to the location of the property near a forest, there is a lot of tree debris and a range of insects that end up at the bottom of the pool, which cannot be cleaned by the tenant as there is no tool for it, other than the net. Unfortunately we broke the net, trying to clean the bottom of the pool, which the owner refused to replace and for which we had to get a replacement in order to at least keep the pool clean enough to swim in.
In general we enjoyed our stay and the location and amenities of the villa, but we cannot ignore the poor pool maintenance, which is an important part of the villas appeal and it really brings down the overall value of the stay. We hope the owner will use the above feedback to improve what could be an excellent villa with pool.
