8/10 Good
Christopher M.
15 July 2021
Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Be a Seychelles local
This place was pretty much perfect for our family. We were travelling on a budget and we like to have our own space and look after ourselves mostly. If you want a 5 star hotel with people fawning over you all the time, you won't like this place. But if you want to feel like you live in Seychelles for a little while, this place is great.
Lisette looked after us while we stayed. She was friendly and very helpful when we needed her. Most days this just meant she would take our rubbish out. Other days it meant replacing something that happened to break while we were there. She made us some amazing local food a few times too!
We hired a car and I recommend any visitor to do so too. But this place is right next to a grocery store, across the road from a fruit stall, across the road from a beach that was excellent for our toddler, right next to a road that goes to the other side of the island, one minute walk from a takeaway shop, around the corner from more shops and a restaurant that was just opening, down the street from a community centre with a play ground and basketball court. Visitors can't use the bus during Covid but the stop is right outside. One negative was the 30minute drive to the main side of the island which we had to do several times and that's only bad because of the mountain roads. Another negative was people who visit the shops litter in the yard. As a tip, you should hire a car and maybe spend a little more than the minimum to do so. You will be driving to lots of other locations and the roads are tough on little old cars.
The yard area was good. There was a large umbrella with table and chairs and my wife worked out there in her laptop most days. The yard could be better kept but our daughter wasn't complaining. The house is close to Lisette's house and another friendly neighbour, part of a little compound.
There are other experiences with this house that are what you expect if you live like a Seychelles local for a couple of weeks. It is not a fancy hotel or even like a small town in our home country, but was a nice enough place.
The internet was a little difficult for us. There were two networks in the house but the unlimited free one was often slow. The other one was limited and we didn't figure out how to use it on every device. I recommend the owner put in a wifi extender as a cheap solution or a new unlimited connection which might not be affordable due to low occupancy due to Covid.
We would stay here again.
Christopher M.
Stayed 19 nights in Jun 2021
