Sundial Cottage

The advert is realistic - and the reviews cover some peoples point of views - which are reasonable - but one also has to factor in the price - which is extremely low - so acceptance of the situation might best reflect that. The road in is a bit rough - but you look at the others residents cars down that drive - and they are just normal cars not 4x4's, so I guess it's a case of what you are used to.

Speaking for ourselves, we liked everything. Some people might not like the railway carriage vibe, and the fact that there are two twin beds rather than a double. We really enjoyed sharing Matthew's home, but other people might want complete privacy and a lockable door. For people wanting a slight change from the usual hotel room, it's enormous fun, and our small dog was extremely welcome, too.

I wasnt going to leave a review because 1) I didnt actually stay there and 2) the owner refunded my money after i had asked him. But i feel i must write about my experience when i arrived at this cottage as it was not good at all.
Myself and my husky type dog arrived on an absolutely boiling hot day after having driven for 4 hours in it, my dog was very heat stressed, panting hard and i said a few times that i needed to get him out of the sun and get some water, despite this, Matthew insisted on 'talking me through' various points outside such as the steps down to the beach, where the nearest pub was etc, everytime i responded with 'Ok' but he wasnt interested and just kept waffling on until i finally said firmly that I HAD to get the dog in. So that was the first thing that annoyed me.
But it got much worse. Once we went into the cottage which was so cluttered with all his stuff it was hard to even move around he showed me my room and OMG the heat it was like an oven. No windows looking to outside so no air coming in at all, i went out and brought in my portable fan and plugged it in, the whole time Matthew is busy telling me that its not that bad, most people are very happy, its an exceptionally hot day etc etc. Had a quick chat and a cup of tea in the kitchen then i went outside to sit in the relatively cool garden. He has a small and cute caravan, no one was in it and i went inside and sat down for 2 seconds to get the feel of it then i sat on the step of it and tried to relax a bit. Matthew came out and told me he had switched off my fan. Admittedly i did get quite tetchy about this and asked him why, he explained then that it was just circulating warm air in the room as there was no air from outside going in so it was pointless to have it on and wasting electricity. He then had a go at me for sitting on the caravan step and told me i hadnt paid for the caravan and he didnt say i could use it and it would have been polite to ask!!

I don't think there is anything to complain about. It is Matthews house and he lives as he wants to.
Because he describes EXACTLY what he is offering, we would say "it is what it is".

A hot tub on top on the lookout tower 🤣

Nothing

I feel this place shouldn't be hosting guests the property is not suitable.
If I hadn't travelled so far and could have found something else I would not have stayed one night
I managed to find a room elsewhere and pay extra for it for the second night

It was unusual and unique, so nothing not to like

N/A.

The track on the way to the accommodation. It was private, shared access that wasn't being kept up to standard by other residents. The surface was quite "rugged" which meant that a couple of times I was afraid of damaging the underside of my car.

Nothing!

Going out in a gale to the toilet. The loo was freezing as it has a broken window.

Using someone else’s bathroom. It was very clean, tidy and Matthew reassured me several times it was fine.

Don’t stay here if you can’t do a big step up into the Eriba camper van

No negatives.

The house was cold and the bedroom only had a curtain as a door.