Based on prior 5 star reviews, our family was excited to spend the weekend at this property. Upon arrival, the first thing I noticed was the coco and rubber mat at the entrance of the deck that was completely rotten and should have been removed/replaced a few years ago. Opened the door of the cottage, and an overwhelming odor was immediately noticed. Best I can describe it is that it smelled like someone cooked 5lbs of bacon in the kitchen half an hour before we arrived. Immediately started opening windows, and the sliding glass doors. The glass doors were extremely difficult to open - the tracks were filthy, and one screen door was propped up against the outside of the house. My husband was able to at least get the screen door back on its track, but it was unusable. Went upstairs to the master bedroom, and thankfully the beds weren't made, otherwise I wouldn't have seen how disgusting a few of the bed pillows were. They need to be tossed with the outdoor mat! Luckily, the downstairs queen bed had some decent pillows in pillow shams, so I swapped them out. Bath mats in master bath either weren't laundered in some time, or they too were past their life cycle. There was one towel in the upstairs bath, so I went downstairs to look for additional towels. There are 6 bath towels in the entire house, and zero hand towels. There was a metal spring imbedded in the 'bath mat' in the downstairs bathroom (it was a indoor entrance mat) and it had debris on it as well. The hosts must allow dogs, because the living room rug has a few urine stains on it. The sofa frame was broken, and the cushions were stained. Kitchen has everything needed for cooking. Made eggs Sunday morning, and found salt in the cabinet above the stove. Also found crumbs and sticky cooking oil on the shelf. It was so gross I pulled everything out of the cabinet and scrubbed it down because I was certain no one else was ever going to do it. Also swept up a plethora of fallen catkins off the deck. Oh -that cooked bacon smell - it never went away! Lighting matches didnt even help. Whoever is being paid to clean this place needs to be fired. The house is in a lovely location, and with minimal effort (along with replacing some items) it could really be a 5 star destination.