Hi All,
I'm from AUS and we are looking at planning our 3rd Trip to Malta in June 2015, given the distance we tend to try and spend 6 weeks in Europe. So I'm chasing a Farmhouse in Gozo, Xaghra, for 4 weeks, for a family of 4 with 2 very tall teenagers and therefore given the time we will be spending in it want it to be comfortable. I am struggling with the selection process from the online sites where owners and real estate agents advertise on sites such as HomeAway and Holidaylettings. In 2012 we got a great inexpensive apartment in Marsalforn and a very basic and expensive apartment in Sliema during the month of June, so before it got real busy. Both were booked via these sites, the Marsalforn apartment was own by a local and the Sliema apartment ended up being part of a large hotel and was very run down.
Trying to resolve pricing structures(prices vary a lot, doesn't seem to be based on quality, size or location of Farmhouse);
Some are advertised with prices based on number of people staying, so not sure if they lock bedrooms or you get the whole house;
Beds, advertised as double and singles, hard to tell from photos if they really are doubles, queen or king. We don't fit in a double, I'm the shortest in the family at 5'9 and my sons won't fit in a single without their feet hanging off the ends.
Bathrooms and showers, ads won't say if there is a free standing shower just number of bathrooms, is this something that can be confirmed easily as 4 weeks of baths would be difficult.
Reviews, they often only have a couple of reviews or none so hard to clarify whether the accommodation is any good.
That's it, no use trying to talk to the Maltese/Australians as they tend to go and stay with family so have no idea. Any ideas would be appreciated. Cheers Tank Girl
Have you any properties in mind that your interested in then maybe we can help you decide?
Beds are going to be standard length however, I know what you mean regarding having tall people in your family. My sister is 6ft 2" and her son is nearly 7 ft !!
Try asking the owners via this if you haven't already done so -
http://www.ownersdirect.co.uk/search_results.asp?country=malta-gozo®ion=island+of+gozo&location=xaghra&propertytypes=1%2C16%2C11&minbeds=3
If you have no luck doing this please let us know and I will ask a friend who works for Remax in Malta if he is able to advise.
Graham
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