This property is in an excellent location within the lovely village of Bembridge. Walking distance to two beaches, one with rock pools and one more sandy. Both with cafes for drinks and ice cream. The property is a good size and has one parking space and a grassy area to the side of the house which seems to be another option.
The property itself wasn't as clean as I would have expected it to be given that we are still within the pandemic. Unfortunately, there were also no cleaning materials left to assist with this apart from a sanitiser spray. We were in the property for two weeks so purchased our own cleaning materials to clean the bath, sinks etc. A hoover was available but smelt horrific when used so we gave up. There was no broom so we had to use the dustpan.
Along the same lines the kitchen was ill equipped for a family of 3 let alone if there were more of you staying. The tiny frying pans could barely hold one chicken breast so when trying to cook we ended up using two pans. Perhaps they aren't expecting people to cook when on holiday but we wanted to and found it very difficult. Take your own equipment if you like to cook. No measuring jug, no measuring spoons, scales etc.
It needs repairs, a lick of paint, floorboards repaired, the hole in the kickboard repaired, the garden needs to be cut back and grass cut before people stay. We lost toy cars in the grass it was that long. We had to cut back the plants so we could use the washing line. The airer is broken so trying to dry clothes on a wet day is almost impossible (but you can use doors, chairs etc as we had to). Lots of the plug sockets don't work or are unreliable.
The door doesn't automatically lock so if you close the door you must also lock it with the key. If not someone can open it from outside. You have to lock it from inside the house. With only one key if someone goes out and you stay at home you have to make sure you are listening out to let them in as otherwise you have to get them to lock you in the house so they can take the key which is a fire risk. I appreciate that they don't want to be spending money on keys and we actually thought the key safe was a really good idea but in practice we found it problematic. It would be useful to have two keys or have the door lock when closing.
While on holiday we called the people we rented through and they were very helpful and sent someone over quickly. We got new scissors and a blind was repaired (not completely its still held together with a peg) but initially it was completely broken so I guess that's a win.
If you can get this at a reasonable price per week and don't expect too much than it’s a great find as I'm sure some of these items will be resolved.