The cottage is small, cute and old.

Initially the small cute aspect was charming, but fairly quickly the old aspect took over.

Other ratings mention the positives, so I'm going to point out the serious negatives of the cottage.

I suspect that when it was first set up it was probably much better and the owners put in a little extra effort, but it seems like over time they have given up.

We were immediately caught off guard by the fact that there was no phone service at the cottage (3 mobile). This left us completely unable to contact anyone. I understand that it is sometimes charming to be removed from technology, but being there to catch up with a friend in Portrush we were forced to walk down to the harbour to find phone service to make contact. The addition of WiFi would solve this issue.

The next issue was the bed. Wow. That mattress is OLD. That is by far the most uncomfortable bed I have ever slept in. It is completely worn out, sinks right down and all you can feel are springs in your back. We tried sleeping in the bunks, but being a married couple that doesn't exactly fit into our idea of a nice week away. My wife had back pain from it the entire time, and it's continued since leaving. A new mattress really isn't that big of an expense and I felt not replacing it showed the attitude of the owners.

Next was the shower. Old house, zero pressure. Near impossible to do something like wash your hair in. Bad.

The washing machine worked, but the dryer function didn't and the cottage doesn't have the space to hang out clothes. We were lucky no one was staying in the other cottage with the clothes line out the back, though there were no pegs so we couldn't hang up any smaller items anyway. Again, owners attitude if something breaks is clearly to not bother fixing it.

On booking I was sent an email explaining what was available in the cottage and area. I'm not sure when this was last updated, but most of it was no longer applicable it seems and just led to more disappointment.

The bikes mentioned were not available, the 'wee shop' in Ballintoy that is mentioned never once opened leaving us with no easy way to get provisions, nor did the Red Door Café or seemingly anything else in Ballintoy. There were also several mentions of wine available to us in the cottage, including a complimentary bottle on arrival, but that also wasn't there.

Owners seriously need to get this place back up to scratch, because our stay was really unpleasant.