We stayed at Sand Dollar cottage for a week at the end of July. Upon arrival the cottage was very clean and was stocked up with the essentials, towells etc.

The views from the main bedroom are breathtaking, from the living room not so much. However your in Bermuda so if you are spending time in the living room you are doing something very wrong.

There was a nice patio area with incredible views of the ocean, this was kitted out with a pub bench to make us Brits feel at home and a gas BBQ which we used every night (if you do use the BBQ I advise you to let it heat up for half hour before cooking anything)

Our overall stay was great, Gordon who looks after the place was very kind and helpful, you are literally a stones throw from a private beach, we used this every day and there was very rarely anyone else on there, the beach was stunning and the sea crystal blue.

The property is a stones throw away from plenty of amazing beaches and there are also bus routes nearby that will take you anywhere on the island. You are about an hour walk from horseshoe bay which is nice, but rampacked with people, however you are even closer to Warwick long bay which was stunning and empty and a bit further on there are some lovely little coves and beaches.

The only downside to the property were a couple of minor faults such as the door handle kept on falling off the door that leads to the patio from the living room. If this fell on a child's bare foot it could really hurt so I would suggest that this gets fixed asap. The showers were also terrible, no power at all. Also there is no handle on the mesh door that keeps bugs out the living room so opening it was quite tricky.

None of the above would normally bother me as I'm very easy going, but when you spend $3500 for a week you expect everything to be fixed and working. To add to this, it wouldn't harm for the maids to maybe pop in every other day to tidy up and replenish the towels, at points I felt like I was back home with the amount of housework I was doing to keep it all nice. It's a holiday after all and one of the joys of a holiday is to relax and unwind, not to put a wash in and hoover the floor.

Overall though, we had a great week and with a few tweeks and additions this would have been a 5 star review.