The cottage has been well modernised - and is overall high quality. Beds very comfortable. Kitchen design modern and spacious. Heating works well (we went in February)
Here are some things you should know:
1) the photo of the house is misleading. Only one side of the building (the 3 story house spanning between the two chimneys) is the cottage. It is semi attached to the single story accommodation next door which is lived in by the housekeeper. Whilst the housekeeper is discrete (and lovely), this is not as private as we thought it was when we booked. The description does not explicitly say the cottage is detached, but we were certainly led to believe this, and it cleary does not make clear it is a semi-detached dwelling.
2) there are no photos showing what is in front of the house: this is a largegravel parking area shared by this cottage, the housekeeper's cottage next door, and a new house being renovated across the parking area. Again, this location is not as private as we believed it to be, and the lack of photos of this is clearly hiding the reality
3) Whilst the cottage can without doubt sleep 10 in comfortable bedrooms, there is only room for maximum 5 people to sit in the lounge where the fire and TV are. This is not made clear in the description and would be a big problem if your group is bigger than 5 and you wanted to sit together in the evening by the fire watching TV. When we went, the description said a sofa and three armchairs. On our visit there was a sofa (sits three max) and only two armchairs. The room is so snug that it would be difficult to fit a third armchair in, but even if they did, it would only seat 6 in total.
If these things are made clear in the description then guests can rent with eyes open in knowledge of the facts. We enjoyed our stay are were not negatively impacted by these facts - but others may be more than we were. And we prefer renters to just be honest about their properties and allow guests to come and enjoy for what it is, rather than feel a little hoodwinked when we arrive.
Hope that helps