The good:

Very quiet location, perfect to get a bit off the beaten path and away from the busy Diani Beach area. The house is fairly well taken care of overall. If you are looking for a quiet, fairly remote location to relax for a few days, it’s probably a good fit. Probably best to go there without children.

The not so good:

The kitchen was not well equipped and it lacked a coffee machine. Utensils, pots and pans were not sufficient. There are no shops around, bring anything you think you will need as you can’t even buy milk there, just a few vegetables.

The house workers were always there starring at you the whole day. They would be in the house, in the kitchen cooking their own food in your kitchen, listening to their music in your house. We felt like we could not relax and as if we constantly lived with other people. They kept their food in the kitchen and fridge, so we always felt a bit uncomfortable not being sure how many tomatoes were ours and felt like we had to ask every time our kids wanted to grab a fruit or carrot. Sometimes I am pretty sure they were helping themselves with our rice or other groceries. It was just a bit unpleasant not to feel at home but to have invading roommates.

Outside furniture was insufficient, if you look at the pictures in detail, you will notice they actually moved the furniture from the balcony to the terrace because they don’t have two sets of furniture. If the furniture is on the balcony and you want to sit on the terrace, you have to move everything down yourself one floor if you want to have somewhere to sit. The staff however somehow have their own views of where things should go and move everything back when you are not looking, so you start all over the next day.

The ceiling was not finished in one of the rooms, and you were starring at the roof. This would not have been a problem if the custom made mosquito nets had been adequate. Instead they did not fit the beds and we did not sleep for a week as we were just devoured. We tried to buy our own nets, but with beds with wooden pillars it’s not so easy to install commercial nets.

You cannot swim there as the beach is rocky.

The really cheap:

The staff only informed us there was hot water on the last day, not sure if it was to save on electricity or just laziness. The pool was not cleaned and turned green after a couple of days. There is a pool table, but you have to pay extra to play. It felt a bit like a rip off, with staff trying to save/make money