Cubo's Casa La Viña

Fair
Traveller Type:
  : Decent sized, comfortable property, well equipped and walking distance to a small supermarket and bar. Fresh eggs from chickens at the end of the garden.
  : Rafael (the owner) seems nice but doesnt speak a word of English - and I dont speak Spanish so hard to communicate.He wasnt there when we turned up at the place to collect the key. Sent WhatsApp and got a long message in Spanish back which we didnt understand. turned out the property was 50m from where we were which we eventually worked out after driving round the town a few times!The situation with the deposit is ridiculous. I have never been asked for a deposit thru booking.com. They have my credit card details so why cant that be used as security!? I have to stump up 300 in cash and then get it back via bank transfer! God knows how that was expected to work going from Spanish to English bank- I insisted on getting the cash back at the end of the stay so I would at least have a chance to spend the Euros and not get fleeced for another currency transfer plus bank charges. Daft! Cubo (agent) just gave me Rafaels WhatsApp number and said to talk to him - didnt get past the initial do you speak English! Anyway, wont be booking thru Cubo again.Has A/C units in most rooms but still cold (in March).Would have been nice to have a few things in the fridge on arrival - bread/milk, etc.Pool unusable after Sahara sand deluge.Water ran out on last evening (of 3 day stay) - no showers on final morning and had to flush toilet using pool water! Got back late in the evening so didnt tell Rafael that night but texted and phoned him in the morning and eventually got a response saying the whole area had a problem. Would have been nice to have been told this rather than having to ask and strange that the bar a few hundred metres away was unaffected!