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“Basic, clean accommodation but with a number of...”

written by on 07/09/2010

Basic, clean accommodation but with a number of problems:
1. The toilet stopcock was faulty so it refilled, noisily, all night.
2. The pool was frequently unavailable just when the children wanted to use it due to 'cleaning.'
3. The landlady shouted orders at guests from the courtyard to turn lights off, etc. She could be described as a bossy old battleaxe.
4. The maid refused to clean another room while I was taking a nap, but barged in to do her clean then and there.
5. The room flooded.
6. There was no air conditioning, which should be standard nowadays.
7. The owners' family held frequent noisy and abusive arguments, shouting at full volume across the courtyard.
8. Assuming guests didn't speak Greek, the owners spoke of guests in, shall we say, unflattering terms, also at the top of their lungs.
9. Light bulbs in common areas, which were dark, tiled and thus slippery, mysteriously failed in twos and weren't changed when guests requested.
10. The Olympic representative immediately sided with the owners in every matter, rather than REPRESENTING the paying customer, i.e., the guest.
11. The plumbing was inadequately/not earthed. So if you put your hand under a running tap while the cooker was on, you got a mild shock. Combined with a damp floor, this could be dangerous (see point 5).
12. There was no shower curtain, so anything left in the bathroom got wet when you had a shower.