Casa Nostra

Little things, but considering the incredible potential of this place, worth the mention: 1. No hand soap in the bathroom (mentioned this to owner who apologized for cleaner’s overnight) 2. disgustingly moldy shower curtain - we ultimately had to remove it and shower curtainless, rather than tusk touching the black accumulation on bottom. Likely harmless, but … 3. Broken lock on entrance door. Friend of landlord came by to try and fix this, but was told successful. I don’t expect thieving is a huge concern thus tiny community, but that they have a fancy alarm system on the other hand, kind of begs the question. We simply made sure to keep all valuables locked in our car or on our person whenever we left the suite. 4. Coffee maker didn’t work after first day. We advised owner who suggested we report this to same friend who came for lock fixing, but he was also at a loss. Also, paper filters in the suite were for a larger coffee maker (no big deal as we cut them to size, first day while unit was working) 5. Cleaning supplies stacked in bathroom are just “there”… (mops, cleaning fluids, buckets, etc) - who cares right? But such a simple solution to bring this place to a whole other level :-( 6. Otherwise well equipped kitchen except no proper spatula (we used a flat wooden one) 7. Towels: random towels of all different sizes and colors that have clearly seen better days... Just a couple of quality bath towels that don’t look like they’ve been through the wringer would have made a real difference in impression. Would I come back here? In a heartbeat. This commentary isn’t about slagging a place or person - I really hope it’s taken in the best light as simply suggestions for improvement. I have no doubt in my mind that minimal effort would bring this place to 5 star status given the chance.

The owner was unresponsive for 1 hour as we were looking for the house (who's not correctly setup on booking). The neighbour that finally opened to us could tell us much about the place, forgot to mention the two video camera. The place wasn't clean, as if no one was there for a while. The value for money is very poor considering the level of service. The boiler is leaking.

There was nothing we didn’t like