Well what can I say. If it wasn't for the lovely helpful staff and the incredible views this is not a place I'd be rushing back to straight away. Pluses then are the location ~ right on the bay and a stones throw into town, literally minutes away. Another positive was that the bathroom was decent. I wasn't bothered about how cheap it was, that in itself wasn't our priority. I just wanted something decent and a place I could park up the car for a couple of days and something with views seemed few and far between. That in itself fitted the bill here, but alas cold comfort everywhere else. So the negatives. The rest of the place was dated. The freezer door was off and everything that was stored in the fridge thereafter froze solid. The TV only had four channels and when three of them were news and the fourth a kid's channel there wasn't a lot to choose from. When I enquired about this I was told that had we had booked 'the owners' apartments next door more channels are provided'. So it was kindly offered that I might like to look at their videos on offer. Not wanting to moan, truly I wasn't, I quickly agreed. I then fetched my catch back only to find we were the only room wihtout a video player. So again and out of kindness of her heart, off went our young lady to try and locate us one. Said catch caught again she too returned victorious ~ only to find it didn't work. By this time we were just getting a bit fed up but again trying to assist the young lady said she would get in touch with the manager. As we looked around the decor, the bed, the lumpy pillow that was better suited to a student sqwat and then the electric extension with an old fashioned electric fire (which went out the ark here in the UK donkey's years ago guys and would be classed as a definite safety risk to public now) we were left with the feeling that here were owners that were stacking and packing you in order to make a fast buck without that much of a consideration for their guests' comforts and were reliant on the good will of their staff to win them through. Outside was like being back in Beijing where old sofas were dumped on the walkway for you in full view. When I went down to what I thought was the office with my frozen milk in hand I knocked on the door that said 'Private' only to find a poor Chinese family had rented this place out! Well all I can say is their place made ours look like heaven ~ So when said manager arrived and said 'well I can go to the Warehouse and get you a VPlayer but it will take me a hr or you can wait until the morning' we replied no thankyou we'd prefer it if you could supply us with something this evening. Off she went only to return 20mins later with said 'working' equipment in hand. On the day we left we thanked the girl on the reception desk and said how much we appreciated all the help her colleague gave us the day before. So owners ~ your staff are a credit to you but you're overlooking the basics in terms of safety ('ditch the electric fires and the extension leads asap!') and comfort. I'd rather pay more and have better....sorry.
