Maarten2021年7月

On arrival we thought we had come to the wrong address. Except for the swimming pool, the property as advertised does not exist. The photographs are the result of ingenious photoshopping and none of the rooms and spaces are remotely what the photographs suggest. There is no proper living room as the description and the photos make believe. Also the description provided is suggestive and misleading. This house is not at all suitable for a bigger family; the kitchen is so small that it barely sits 3 people. The house is a former farmhouse consisting of 7 small rooms of which two are entirely separate with an outside entrance. The rooms are small (approx. 12 m2) and most rooms are warm. Only two rooms have proper airconditioning. Several rooms are stuffy. The kitchen’s utensils are very basic - like one would expect in a house of some € 800 per week - and comprise some 4 small pans and an old pasta pan. There is no room for storage of food in the kitchen, like a cupboard, and no proper place for storing the IKEA plates and glasses. There is no kitchen equipment (such as a Moulinex, a mixer etc etc.). The swimming pool is nice and well-kept; the views from the house are great too. But the place is teeming with mosquitoes and this is not just the result of a rainy period, as the many stains on the walls of the house testify. Many of the mosquito nets have holes and needed repair. In the nearby village there were no mosquitoes at all. We have lived in Italy and have rented properties in Italy at least twice a year. Never before have we paid such a price for such a poor rental. We will not rent from Belvilla again.