Overall this beautiful property is great to stay long & enjoy. Simultaneously this property definitely needs UPGRADING & assure 100% PRIVACY of the guests.
The garden in the photos looks lovely, but in REALITY it has lost lot of that beauty, it’s mostly lawned now. The cement wall & the front gate were not that tall & 1 side of the front fence & the back garden rear fence were wire fences only, the front wire fence only has bushes to cover it for privacy but not for the back rear wire fence. We were in a way deceived by the photos! Therefore, those old photos must be updated to show today’s real status of the garden/walls/veranda & all corners of the property!
The caretaker Velu lives in the same property with us outside in a room in the garage where the washing machine is, he looked after all our needs & generously provided us whatever grows in the garden-breadfruit & coconuts were great! The property manager Chaminda lives next door was helpful & runs to our property uninvited to chat about matters in person. Note the manager has direct side access from his neighboring house into this property. If you want 100% privacy in the property then you must tell him STRICTLY not to enter your property unless you call him for help!
The heat in this house is unbearable & ACs are only in the bedrooms, the lounge has just a single slow roof fan, kills you! It definitely needs AC, same as veranda needs fixing few speedy wall fans, else one can’t sit & enjoy the beauty of the nature at any time, especially in the evening when the mosquitoes come! We only open 1 lounge window for the entire house with a closed curtain throughout fear of mosquitoes & flies & closed it at 4pm else mosquitoes will suck our sleep all night!
The kitchen is large, modern & has most of the things there to cook & serve. But some of the kitchen utensils are poor. We stopped using the white pans in the kitchen immediately as they are not healthy at all to cook & eat as they quickly burn the food & spread smoke everywhere, so we had to buy our own utensils. Chaminda’s mother also provided us few good pots & pans. Also we bought laundry bin etc..
Light switches are in odd places throughout this house! Those for the lounge were far away from front entrance, so for an emergency or after a night out one must walk searching for switches, very annoying & scary to walk into the dark.
We had a family gathering during our stay, the children & the elderly thoroughly enjoyed the time & space.
