The Deckhouse, cabin with big deck nr Hay-on-Wye

Decor was lovely, location was lovely. The heating was great. Cosy, everything you needed

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Hannah was a wonderful hostess and we loved our time at the Deckhouse. The house itself is 5/5 - ample parking, beautiful and well loved decking and garden where we spent every evening soaking up the sun. The house is gorgeous, stylish and so comfortable and warm. Spacious bathroom with a deep bath and lots of hot water, and Hannah dropped off some emergency toilet paper for us as well. There are plenty of walks nearby and we never had to drive more than half an hour to get to the rolling hills, streams, woods and walks. There are horses and dogs in the property as well as sheep and cows nearby and birds nesting all over. Hay on Wye is so close as well if you want to go bookshopping or a cute lunch. The deckhouse is a dream and we dont hesitate to recommend to anyone who wants a real getaway in the middle of the Welsh countryside.

Theres not a huge amount of storage for food but we were only here for three days so we didn't mind too much.

This property is excellent, we loved it! Went with my family for the Hay Festival which was about a 15 minute drive away (take the Painscastle route to Hay for a better road width!). Off the main road, really quiet and private. Little outdoor garden with lots of seating (some under cover), a fire pit and BBQ. Spacious inside, plenty of room for 4 of us to relax on sofas and big table to eat at and Kitchen well supplied, dishwasher very useful! Books to read and TV which we didn't use. Really nice decoration inside, lots of interesting things about, ceratinly not your usual uninspiring grey box! I found the bed really comfy (matress quite soft). The bathroom was huge, lots of space in the shower, strong water pressure. Didn't try the bath but it's large and you can lie in it and look at the trees above through the roof windows! Wasn't expecting the third double bedroom to actually be outside in the garden, I may not have read the description correctly but something to note if you want to be near a bathroom at night time. It was a lovely room though and has a good heater inside. There are some steps throughout, up into the deckhouse and a few steps down into the bathroom if mobility is something you need to think about. Short track up to the cabin, not great for low slung cars like mine, if the pot holes could be filled in it would be good to go for all vehicles but it was fine if I took it slowly. This accomodation is away from ammenities but fantastic if you want some quiet and to be able to sit outside with the fire going and watch the stars overhead. Would recommend!

Some hangers in the wardrobes would be good, as couldn't use without. The only thing that was a problem were the floor rugs, they slid around like crazy. We had to remove them so my mum didn't slip over on them but easily fixed with some non slip mats underneath.

Fabulous location Lovely and peaceful Very nice bathroom and lovely shower Great birdlife and sheep nearby which were lovely to see and hear

Wish we had known the 3rd bedroom is away from main cabin ( without a toilet). It's not mentioned in the description and we wouldn't have booked it if we had known The cabin wasn't very clean, with cobwebs everywhere and one of the towels we were given had dirty marks on it. The owner did offer to bring a new one but that wasn't the point! The oven wasn't clean and the bbq ashes hadn't been cleared out The decking is in need of repair and in places had loose wood and nails sticking out. The garden was full of weeds On the description it says it says the property boasts a lake view- we couldn't find a lake. The fridge is very small- we struggled to fit things in with 3 of us. The ice box needed defrosting