Family guest suite in Cheselbourne

Pretty village, very peaceful, several pubs nearby. Hosts very helpful and responsive. Good size accommodation. Very clean and comfortable. Had everything that we needed. Easy parking.

All of it.

No freezer compartment in frig to freeze our ice blocks

it was odd hearing the owners in their part of the house - it sounded like they had come across in to the annex - wasn't that we didn't like it, it was a surprise at first how it echoed and felt they had come in through the internal locked door.

Although the location was VERY out of the way (lots of winding country roads, often having to pull aside to let tractors by and such), the village of Cheselbourne was very idyllic and picturesque. The accommodation was quaint and cute and it was nice to have essentially your own apartment. Was happy to see there was Crunchy Nut (my favourite) in the cupboard for breakfast, and some orange juice, milk, and a small assortment of breads and jams in the fridge. The bed was massive for a double and the bedding was lovely and soft, it's clear the hosts went out of their way to make the place feel as homely as possible. The bathroom was big and had two entrances, good amount of soft towels and toiletries.

My main gripe (and basically the only one) was that there was no way to control the heating. At night I found the radiators were kicking out a low level of heat, enough to keep a room vaguely warm, but throughout the day it was completely off and I ended up catching a cold by midday after my first night there. The hosts asked me to message them if ever I needed anything or had any questions, and honestly, they were lovely and helpful and receptive from the beginning, but when I asked about the heating I got no reply. I was lucky that I was able to go to my partner's house in Weymouth to warm up because it was so cold in the apartment. I understand that there's a cost of living crisis going on and heating is very expensive, and again, the hosts were perfectly hospitable whenever I spoke to them so I don't at all feel good writing this, but it just felt dreadful sitting in the living room of the accommodation having to wear my coat and wrap a duvet around me to keep even some semblance of warm. I understand that there was the option to ring them, but as I'm autistic I find phone calls quite unnerving, and hoped that messaging would have been enough to warrant a response, as had been the case previously.