"We, an over-60 Anglo-French couple, rented this house for 12 days in May 2013, including one week with our daughter.
The bathroom-toilet (washbasin, toilet and shower) is the size of a normal toilet and functions as a wetroom although not designed as such. Every kitchen surface has a sticky greasy feel to it. The front panel to the pots and pans cabinet hangs by a single filthy hinge and only appears closed because wedged shut against another panel. All pots and pans but one were too filthy to be used. No utensils apart from a corkscrew, plastic cheese grater and rusted whisk. No oven gloves, a filthy tin-opener that fell apart when we tried to clean it, jumble sale crockery and cutlery, filthy Rosières hob and oven, broken washing machine, kitchen door to the terrace impossible to open. When confronted, the property manager ascribed all these failings to the Revolution, made no attempt to correct any of them and said he’d give us a partial refund, but was unavailable on the day we left. The property owner, who lives in France, has not replied to emails or returned calls. The kitchen is particularly important in this property because there is no restaurant in the village or anywhere within even 15 minutes driving distance – Tunisia does not have a European restaurant culture. Abysmal welcome: bare mattresses, used jumble sale bedding, including sheets, in the cupboards, half a bar of soap in the bathroom, half a toilet roll, no washing-up liquid, no coffee filters, no welcome literature. Conclusion: an attractive and private house in a non-tourist location spoiled by an abysmal welcome, substandard bedding, a filthy underequipped kitchen, abject management and too small a bathroom.
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