"Pros: Location was lovely and super private. History of the house and property nice to see remains as is. Lovely smooth worn floorboards Lots of sunny spots out of the wind to sit outside and shady trees Awesome amount of bird life Large lawn area to enjoy Cons: Although I appreciate the villa is old and will have age related wear and some quirks: For a high cost stay aimed at special events; some areas need urgent attention.. Missing boards on base of exterior decking. High lichen and green moss on roof and shaded parts of the exterior walls. Overall clean of the exterior needed. Garden around the villa in real need of a tidy. The valuable to the wildlife creek beside villa,needs a weeding to allow flow through. Lounge room fireplace is smokey, due to clean needed or perhaps wood provided not dry enough. Personal opinion*, master bedroom mattress too firm. Kitchen oven is very old and noisy, clean but stained cooking trays. If cooking a group dinner it would be a little difficult to use easily. Cleanliness under oven and refrigerator needs attention. On day we arrived, the plumber was in the house fixing a tap. Damage to a kitchen drawer was pointed out that awaited fixing. Cleaners were still at property finishing their work and I waited in car to be given the key and instructions *Again,as a high end price point this would not be acceptable if I was having a special event and would normally be complaining had I wanted the experience to be just right on arrival. *As a concern for the eco side of things,the wake lapping caused from the vehicle barge across at Kennedy Point it has a constant effect on the shoreline at villa bay side..including the Dotterels nesting on the beach there. It may be worth a discussion with the groups involved in protecting the shoreline and wildlfe." ~Stacey