The property was generally OK, quite clean and with relatively new kitchen appliances, but in need of some re-decoration and, on balance, rather expensive for its location and state of repair (see later).
My main complaint however is that with 2 weeks to go to my holiday start date I was emailed by Island Holiday Homes and given a unilateral instruction that I was not allowed to top up my electric car on the property while staying there. There was no discussion or consultation on this, nor any indication they would be ok with top up charging if I paid an extra charge.
I usually rent 2 or 3 holiday cottages per year and this is the first such restriction I have seen. I realise power costs are increasing but a top up charge would only have used approx 40kw or charge - say £15 - and I would have been happy to pay this. Instead I was forced to make a 2 hour trip to Tesco Extra/McDonalds near Ryde, on the other side of the island, to charge my car.
I have also been advised that this last minute change to the holiday let was an illegal change to the contract and I would have been within my rights to cancel the let without charge if there had been time to do so. I would not have rented the property had this restriction been shown when I first made my booking via Cottages.com.
I am not seeking any payback or compensation but I do feel that if a property is advertised on several sites then all those sites need to show the same details and restrictions and it is not acceptable to change those terms of contract unilaterally on just the one site.
I must also say that the state of some of the property decoration, very, very low hot water pressure/flow in the bathroom (it took 20 minutes to part fill a bath each night for my Granddaughters to have a bath!) and the property having a selection of old dvds but an out of order DVD player meant I would not recommend it as a value for money holiday hire for other families.