Luxury holiday homes how important is cleanliness to you

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Hey lovely wise mumnetters, my friend is letting out his 5 bed luxury home with hottub. What's the most important things in
Your stay? It's high end bathrooms/ kitchen etc but what's your top priorities in rebooking or recommending to friends/ family. It's already a short walking distance to a classy gastro pub and it's not far from the sea. Please tell me what's important to you guys?

Cleanliness is hugely important surely, whether it’s a high end huge place or a studio. Needs to be spotless.

Comfortable beds, good quality linen.
Comfortable sofa, some cottages we have hired have had sofas that were well due replacement.
dishwasher, plenty of place settings, somewhere nice to sit outside. Tv in bedrooms. Tv that are smart tv so you can access Netflix/Prime
nice decor and clean.
shower rather than bath for us tbh. Nice towels.
also think about whether you will allow pets, lots of U.K. holidaymakers want to take their dogs on holiday.
location is also important to us, we have booked rural cottages, or town centre, centrally located cottages, depending on what type of break we were looking for.

No matter how good everything else is, I’d the property is dirty/ poorly cleaned then I wouldn’t enjoy it. Any form of mould around the bath/shower ruins the feel of the place for me!

I like the little touches e.g. bottle of wine and some local produce in the fridge, guidebooks and walks in the local area, boardgames, nice toiletries, blankets to cuddle up under.

I think it’s worth having plenty of pillows and options of different types of pillows, high thread count sheets and fluffy towels.

Its also good to have a tv with Netflix, warm and able to change the heating to your preferences.

I like a clear guide of how everything works in a booklet but find it a bit rude when there’s rules in different rooms telling you what to do.

Also as it’s five bedrooms I would try and imagine who will be booking it. Will you have one or two rooms with twin beds for children? Or will it mainly be groups of adults. If you make it more family-friendly that could discourage hen/stag dos.

With five bedrooms it would be an occupancy of ten so I would make sure the cooking facilities are good enough for that many.

I would also make sure the noise won’t carry over to neighbours and try to mitigate any disruption with high hedges and clear parking. You could have five cars.

High end furniture and bedding. Matching plates, cups and cutlery and good quality pans, cooking trays. Plenty of towels and dressing gowns for hot tub with disposable slippers.

I wouldn’t want to see any personal items that make it feel like you are staying someone’s home.

obviously immaculately clean also

Not fussed about cleanliness - as long as it's not actually filthy, I don't care. Comfortable beds, good range of cooking utensils and as off grid as possible - no TV/Wifi to disturb the peace.

How well equipped, particularly kitchen equipment. If it sleeps 10 do you have enough ovenware and equipment to cook a meal for 10 people? If there’s a dishwasher you need to provide more glasses and mugs or no one can have a drink while the dishwasher is on. And decent wine glasses!

Cleanliness is more important than anything else. I’d rather stay in a clean prison cell than a high end hotel with a hair on the bed or something. It makes me feel sick.

I'd expect it to be clean even if it was cheap!

Location is key for us, and then generally speaking we are only in the place to sleep so dry, warmish, cheap, and dog friendly are the only things of importance.

Clean.Comfortable beds. Enough sofa space. It's annoying to have a house that sleeps 6 and a 3 seater sofa and 1 chair.
Well supplied kitchen.
Clear instructions on heating and hot water.

Top of my list is a comfortable bed. Someone mentioned that people like to take their pets on holiday, but I never book anywhere that takes pets. There is no middle ground on this. Even if you say no pets upstairs, most pet owners would give into an animal who doesn’t want to be separated in a unfamiliar setting.
One thing I also look for is that everyone has access to a bathroom upstairs. This is after we booked a 3 bedroom property and the only bathroom upstairs was an en-suite in one of the bedrooms.

Echoing re quality bedding and towels. So many places scrimpt on these and it ruins it. And the crockery, glass wear and kitchen equipment - it needs to be appropriate to the sort of marke they're targeting. The

Cleanliness is the most important thing for me, it must be spotless, particularly the bathrooms and kitchen. No sign of mould around any shower doors/baths. High quality bed linens and towels, bathrobes and slippers, beautiful toiletries. A welcome basket is a nice touch, but not an essential.

For us, the dealbreakers are clean and dishwasher

King size beds v important but not total dealbreaker

I like a house to be well equipped eg dishwasher tablets, toilet paper, foil, clingfilm etc

Wine, biscuits etc is a nice touch, but I don't mind if they're not provided

I've noticed that since Covid, self catering companies are asking guests to strip beds, empty bins, hoover etc.i think that's cheeky, especially if you booked through air bnb and paid a cleaning fee

Not bothered about a pub nearby. Unlikely we would use it

I'm fine with cheap wine glasses etc. Less stressful if you know the glasses came from IKEA

Why do you ask ? Is the person who is going to be renting it out, hoping to get away with the people who are staying there cleaning it enough for the next guests ?

No double beds. Complete deal breaker for me.

Good outdoor washing and drying facilities - near the sea families will likely be in the water a lot and wetsuits and wet sandy stuff tramped through a house will cause damage.
Plenty of offroad parking - tourist places near the sea tend to lack this and nothing worse for people who have paid a lot of money to leave a car on a narrow road with the damage risk.
I would expect a cleaner in between guests and the garden must be properly maintained.

I'd much rather have clean than luxurious.

If it's the luxury market your DF is going for then good quality furnishings and soft furnishings, properly matched good crockery and cutlery, glassware, pots, pans and serving dishes. Big enough dining table for all guests to sit round. Enough sofas for everyone to sit together. Coffee table/side tables for drinks. Statement pieces of art (one good, large picture per room rather than lots of cluttery type pictures/ornaments).

Really good sharp knives and a cheese grater

we have a small cottage that we don’t rent out but friends and family are always staying over
here is what they love :

comfortable mattress and pillows , we bought really expensive not cheapo ones that needs replacement very often

Nice toiletries , usually use Loccitane or Diptique.

clean freshly laundered bedding, two sets for each room.

Towels and bathrobes , bath mats

crockery with matching serving dishes and utensils.

napkins and placemats.

i always have things like tea , sugar , coffee , chocolates and biscuits .

I have just stayed in a luxury 4 bed 3 bath 2 sitting room farmhouse. Big pluses for us were that it was equipped with EVERYTHING we could possibly have needed including two travel cots, bed sides and a high chair. There was even a food processor and a coffee maker as well as a diswasher, washing machine and tumble dryer, and cleaning products, bin bags etc under the sink. Slight down sides were rather poky showers that could have done with some mould removal - they were clean but stained. And we could have done with better instructions on how to use the woodburner and what could, and could not, be recycled. Don't underestimate just how much information is useful - just make informative rather than prescriptive. Nobody likes being told what to do - so limit the "rules" to what is really important. And provide mattress toppers. I like a soft bed and the softest beds were in the child's twin bedded room. So I slept in a single bed for the week.

Depends on price.
I'd want it to be pretty spotless. I'd not sleep on a grubby mattress or pillows. I want towels that look and smell fresh. I want a gleaming kitchen with a clean stove and pans. I want clean bathrooms without mildew or grimy shower curtains. No finger marks near the lavatory paper or on doors.

I want good mattress with a fresh protector that isn't plastic backed. It should be at least king beds. Bedding should be high count cotton or linen. I'm less bothered about it matching.

Sofas should be unstained and comfortable and there should be sufficient seating for the maximum number of guests. Same with dining furniture - big enough to eeat everyone.

I hate places full of ornaments cheap 'pictures' millions of out of date leaflets or readers digests or other dust collecting junk.

Good catering equipment, sharp knives and pans big enough to feed all the guests. A four slice toaster with working elements.

Rubbish bin that fits the amount of rubbish that the number of people staying there would normally produce in a week, extra points for a recycling bin. My number one stress on holidays is trying to work out what to do with rubbish/recycling.

A well stocked kitchen in terms of equipment so it is easy to make various meals
Supply some hot tub friendly glasses
If promoting as baby friendly supply high chairs and cots and stair gates
I do also consider price