We stayed here during the very hot European summer, end of July 2018.
Because of previous experiences we always select our holiday houses based on the availability of air-conditioning. This house popped-up when completing the airco tick box in the search field.
In the description of the house it is also mentioned that there is floor cooling. From the website it is not very clear there is NO air-conditioning at all.
Unfortunately, we have to say that the floor cooling didn’t work or didn’t work efficiently enough to cool down the house during a hot day or even during the night to get acceptable sleeping temperatures.
The house has a magnificent view on the valley and the surrounding mountains. The kitchen is very well equipped for cooking and the architecture of the house allows a complete blending with the landscape.
The floor cooling only managed a reduction of 2°C and with temperatures >30°C this is not sufficient. There is always some wind outside and this makes it supportable during the day, even if very hot outside. The bedrooms have very small beds (1,40m) and at night it’s not so relaxing with an interior temperature between 27 and 29°C. Opening the bedroom windows the first nights resulted in nasty mosquito bites. Consequently, closed windows and sweaty night on the rest of the days.
We also had bad luck that there was a fly plague, resulting in hundreds of flies (really not exaggerated!) entering the house the moment we opened the windows in the morning. The house was treated against flies according to the cleaning lady but we had to face them every day. Old fashioned “fly catchers” were the most efficient solution.
We were prepared to pay a high rental to make sure we had a comfortable holiday. However, this house does not qualify as a house that has a correct temperature regulation.
We contacted the owner to inform him but he said this was part of the climate and that we were not entitled to get any compensation.
The house also suffered some damage from water and we were informed upfront when booking (10 months in advance). It would have been repaired by the time we had to come in but due to external circumstances this could not happen yet.
The rental (we are not allowed to give details) was way overpriced and it left us with a rather bad feeling regarding the price-quality ratio of our holiday despite the magnificent view and comfortable kitchen.
