The outside landscaping was perfect it was obvious that a lot of work and thought went into the design. As for the inside, the cleanliness was non-existent, the downstair bedroom bedding had to be washed. One of the kitchen cupboard doors was coming apart, the oven was sticky on the outside and was so dirty on the inside that the grease had to wiped out before we could continue to use it, the smoke coming out of the oven was scary, at one point we thought that the oven was going to catch alight. The bedroom carpets were not dirty they were filthy and smelt of dog odour. No dusting had been done. The downstairs bedroom was only accessible via the outside staircase (not mentioned in description) to make matters worse the sliding door could not be closed therefore could not be locked, at 9.30pm at night we were hunting around for some kind of doweling to stick into to runner grove (not impressed) Fly screen mesh on upstairs door was just hanging, many windows were stuck and unable to be opened. The staircase leading up to the main part of the house was a little iffy. The owner was notified on the first day in relation to the downstairs door not being lockable and the 6 days we were there was attempt to rectify the problem, it was not safe and should have been attended to asap. Now on the positive side, the decor was lovely, the location was great, the cottage itself is adequate for 6 people as long as you don't mind sharing a bed as there are 3 bedrooms with 3 queen size beds. Malua Bay is just beautiful.