Avis BEST LOCATION! WONDERFUL HOUSE WITH POOL - Walk to beach, shops, restaurants.

Maison propre belle piscine très belles chambres et très bon emplacement à 5mn du centre-ville et des restaurants Nous recommandons

Good holidays !

The property was very clean and beautiful! It was a perfect stay! The kids loved the beautiful pool. The owners were very responsive to messages. The area was quiet but close to lots of things! Cannot recommend highly enough!!!

Really great location and wonderful restaurants and bars nearby as well as being peaceful, isolated and safe. The swimming pool is perfect and the house was perfect for us. Not too high end specifications in terms of fixtures and fittings which suited us brilliantly. Really responsive hosts and all questions answered in record time. Would definitely recommend and we look forward to staying again.

We arrived and were not greeted by anyone. We had no hot water and tried to reach the owner. Five days into the stay the owner told us to turn on the water heaters under the sinks. This blew the circuit and we had no electricity. No AC! The owner provided 2 numbers for contact. Handyman left for Sweden and the housekeepers phone was disconnected. The owner suggested we use the outside shower and not use too much electricity. The circuit box was too small for the house. I believe it was 100amp. The house as a whole had a lot if deferred maintenance The upstairs toilet would not stop running. So, we shut the water off. Downstairs toilet wouldn’t flush. Waterpurifier in the kitchen was not connected. We had to purchase sheets for a bed. Pillowcases were missing from pillows . There was a stray dog that turned out to be quite friendly.The owner told us the dogs name and to feed it. All in all, this home should not be rented until the owner puts some money into maintenance. At one point we looked at hotels but it was too much work to move everything. The owner took about 2 days minimum to respond to our calls and really did not care about conditions. The last review was in 2019 and the house had a good review. When looking at VRBO check out the dates of reviews. This house should not be rented. The owner had all kinds of suggestions and excuses but did nothing to address the problems. The house was run down and a disappointment.

Just returned from 2 weeks over Christmas and welcoming in the New Year 2020 in this lovely villa. It has charm. Very spacious and clean. From our first enquiry Jackie was speedy and efficient in her replies. Views from the pool are overlooking a river which leads out to the sea (about 7 minute walk). The trees are so pretty and the sounds and sight of the birds is wonderful. We felt so safe and the house and pool are very private. We were a grown up family of 6 so only used 3 of the 4 large air-conditioned bedrooms. We used the bar-b-que on a few evenings and other evenings we tried various nearby restaurants of which there is plenty of choice. The shops and restaurants are only a 5 minute walk away. The locals are so friendly and helpful but certainly not in any way pushy. Our transfers were well organised in terms of timeliness and again friendliness. We were able to stop off en-route from the airport to collect water/beers which helped with carrying. The market is a 5 minute walk also and is on Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat for provisions and sells food to eat in as well as tourist merchandise on other days. We took a trip to the Similan Islands early in the morning to avoid the trips that leave later (this meant everywhere was less busy when we arrived which was ideal). We also took a car to Coconut Beach and White Beach. We walked to other beaches. One evening we went to The Vue restaurant - they collected us and dropped us back near to the house - the food was delicious and the views beautiful for the sunset. They are quite slow in serving but we knew in advance so made the most of the scenery, views and ambience. We would all very much recommend this villa to others. If ever we returned to the area it would be our choice too. It would be useful if the housekeepers were on WhatsApp or email as texts are expensive from the UK.

This was a very comfortable and large villa, perfect for the ones that are looking for a vacation house with walking distance to the beach and the local market which had everything you need to buy during your stay. The property is nicely set in a lovely garden and together with the pool at the back of the property, it's a very nice place to enjoy your holidays in Khao Lak. Many thanks to Jackie for helping us with transportation and giving us a great rate on the tours we took in the surroundings - great fun for all of us.

Renovierung notwendig. Der Ort ist wunderbar auch das Haus selbst wäre sehr toll wenn die Schäden bereinigt werden. Bintrotzdem positiv dem Anbieter angetan

Houses/Villas are hard to find in Khoa Lak as most accommodation is based within a resort. The house is situated in a private location just behind the main Market which is held 3/ 4 times a week. It's an easy walk to the bars and restaurants as well as the beach. Lucky, the dog who has decided to live at the house (outside), is delightful and no bother at all. The best view is from the back of the house. It's great to watch the birds and other wildlife. The front of the house looks on to the back of a large hotel which is not so inviting. There is a Burmese camp just down the road towards the beach which looks a little disconcerting at first. It's for the construction workers. We had no problem at all, the people were friendly. It was just sad to see the conditions they have to live in. The house itself is a little tired. The kitchen is OK but needs new cupboard doors, worktops etc. When it was first built it looks like they used good quality fixtures and fitting throughout but it is now ready for an update/ refurb . I was a little disappointed as the photos must have been taken a long time ago. The lovely Jacuzzi bath is very interesting as it's impossible to get in. It's so high up and doesn't have any steps. A word of warning, the electricity bill, at the end of your stay can be a shock. I'm used to air conditioning etc as I have a house of my own in a hot climate and even using it very frugally, just two people, over 18 days our bill was approx £100. The pool filter is the problem as it needs to run 18 hours a day to keep the water in good condition. The pool is great but it's a challenge to keep the water right to swim and we had a couple of days when it wasn't good. If you are a large group please note there is limited room around the pool and only 3 main sun loungers. I had high hopes for this house as the communication from the owner was first class, although somewhat instructional. We have rented many times, via this site and in many countries and in a couple of instances returned to the same Villa. This is our first time in Thailand. We loved it and will return next year but not to this house which probably summarises this review.

Lots of promises from the listing of this outstanding “five star” villa, our first disappointment was the “luxury transfer” turned out to be a rather old people carrier . The whole experience has the mark of an absent owner using a poor management company without being prepared to spend the investment needed to maintain standards that might once have been. The villa is situated a few minutes walk from the town down a sad, lonely lane boarded on one side by a back wall of a local hotel, on the other, mainly waste land part of which the hotel staff park their cars. Opposite the villa is a ramshackle group of huts used to house poor overseas workers. Luxurious surroundings it certainly isn’t. The unmaintained gardens description has also somewhat been enhanced to a disappointing degree, the four comfortably cushioned chairs were without cushions and extremely uncomfortable, just three sun loungers for six people, missing slabs on the patio that was so rough one had to wear flip flops to walk on it. Absolutely no sign of the “secluded seating areas” in the garden, they don’t exist. An enormous ants nest and a child catching big hole coupled with uncut grass, up to 18inches high in places prevailed. The pool, badly maintained and with green scum on tiles was worrying. Not easy to swim in as it has unusually two steps across the width, dissecting the pool into three levels making swimming difficult. One of the reasons of our booking, was that I swim every day so a good pool is important, this proved impractical, nay, impossible. The checking of the chemical levels, for the temperatures in Thailand was absurd. Check google. They will tell you it must be checked daily, ours was poorly checked once in two weeks, and then only after a prompt via a phone call. The villa .....forget the Home and Away listing photos with lovely upholstered chairs on the upstairs verandas, they don’t exist, just discoloured white cheap plastic chairs chucked in a corner. We were asked to pay for our own electricity used, which we did not object to, this turned out to be TWICE the rate charged in Thailand. Since May 2017 it is illegal to make a supplemental charge to tenants for electricity supplied . Before leaving the villa I received an e mail from the owner saying “you don’t have to pay for the electricity if you don’t like , but in return leave a nice little five star review “ Well , I paid for the electricity and here is my honest review