When the 8 of us arrived from Edinburgh for a 5 day stay, there was leftover food in the sink, the top shelf of the dishwasher had dirty silverware in it that needed to be washed, there were wet towels hung over the drying rack, the master bath had mold in it, the washing machine didn’t work, and we constantly had to push the “boost” button in order to have hot water for showers. I called the caretaker and owner regarding some of these issues and they offered to launder our clothes because we had a strict itinerary that we needed to adhere to and no outfits to wear because we had planned to do laundry the day we arrived. Well, our clothes had been washed by the caretaker, but was brought back to us at 10:30pm wet in bags, and we had to wake up to catch a ferry to Orkney at 4:30am! 😱 We had to make a shower schedule (4 people to shower in the evening, and 4 people to shower in the morning) because the hot/warm waterheater would shut off and we were stuck taking cold showers practically our entire stay! In the end, a new washer was delivered in the late afternoon prior to our departure date and we were able to wash a load of clothes prior to heading back to Edinburgh. All in all, we loved visiting the quaint towns and beautiful sites, but am not sure I would want to stay there again.