The White House

The Whitehouse is in a perfect situation for anyone wanting to retreat from the world for peace and restore in the most gorgeous setting.

I was there to write and found it inspirational. The owner, Bridie, was kind and helpful. She had a good sense of humour. When I called her out saying the light was broken she came immediately. And showed good humour when it transpired I was just using the wrong light switch! Sadly, I had to cut my stay short for personal reasons but would not hesitate to recommend this holiday home or to return myself.

Loved my stay here.

The owner made me so welcome. Everything I needed and more. Traditional cottage with all you need to cook, rest, sleep and enjoy.

The advertising for this house clearly states that the local shop is 2.

5 miles. This is not true. The nearest shop was in the local village, Roundstone, which was 11 Kilometres from the house. Your add also states that this house was a seaside location, this is untrue, the nearest beach was an area called Gurteen Beach, which was 14 Kilometres away. Now the house is on a bay, and is surrounded by water, but you couldn't walk on it like you would on a shore line. The house furniture was very outdated. The sitting room furniture was quite old and very uncomfortable for long sitting periods. The table and chairs where broken. Now the land lady did point out she only discovered that the table was broken but nothing mentioned about the chairs. The washing machine only washed the clothes it didn't pump or drain the water. There is damp patches in the bathroom walls and inside the house. The TV, was way to small. Anytime you passed by the TV, the reception went all fuzzy. There was no additional TV stations, just Saiorview. On the last day the landlady came to the house to collect extra money for the electricity and oil heating. She made her way into the bathroom and counted the towels. I already sent Hogan's aka Skyes a letter in January of this year, but no response from yourselves. The White House, would probably be only better rented in the summer. It was very cold, now we did go down in December till early January. Our additional fees was nearly 100.00 Euro, for Oil and Electricity. You have to put on the heating the minute you wake up in the morning as it was a very cold house. This house needs attention. We went for a relaxing holiday, but willed the ending to arrive so we could leave. Hadn't it been another time ( ie) outside the Christmas period and New year, we would of left and went somewhere else. There was so much wrong with this letting and personally I feel the add on your site was very misleading. Aldough I understand that any who rents their hoilday homes, don't like spending to much money on them, but seriously The White House, should close for the Winter and only open from around April to September, they should also regut the whole house and start again. Maybe they should insulate it and help keep down the oil and electricity fees. I was aware that there was some extra additional costs for the oil and electricity. Also some WiFi wouldn't go a miss. Alan.

I loved my stay at the White House, Bridie was the perfect host, she'd laid a fire for me when I arrived and I was really touched that she stopped to say hello when she found me on the road to Clifden.

I'm already planning a trip back.

The owner had the fire set and chocolate biscuits waiting for us!

! Bridie was very helpful and the cottage had everything one could ever need when having a self-catering holiday. The location is fantastic—-great views, peaceful and relaxing. Thank you Bridie!

The cottage is beautifully located.

We had a wonderful stay in this well equipped traditional Irish cottage and so much enjoyed the views from the garden bench, the local walks and the stars at night.

Brilliant holiday.

Lovely cottage. Everything provided. Very tidy and clean. Owner very nice and helpful. Come back again next year.

Great location, owner very helpful and friendly.

Lovely cosy traditional Irish cottage spotlessly clean and tidy and the peat open fire makes this cottage special and it is very well equipped with everything you need for your stay and once you experience the wonderful views and meet the lovely owner you will be booking your next stay as we are doing now