Spaarnwoude

Each of the units are independently owned so they will vary in design and styling. However, it’s a very cost-effective solution for a little getaway more even an extended stay. You will most likely want to bring a car however it’s a bit of a walk to the nearest station.

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Stayed there over new years for a week.
You have to walk about 20 minutes for public transport otherwise uber/taxi is your only chance if you did not come with your own car.

Heating worked for a day and then was mostly uncontrollable for the rest of the stay.
A random sock and otherwise dirty rooms.
One bathroom had clearly visible mold above the shower.
All of the buildings look nice but are constructed cheaply and have american-like paper thin walls.
Our apartment (8 ppl) had a door layout where the door to the hallway towards the upper bedrooms being open would block upper floor bathroom access, just remove the entire door. Why is there a door for a hallway in the first place?
A building rated for 8 people had exactly one roll of toilet paper and you would have to buy thin ones in their criminally overpriced on-site "store", just go to a grocery store and buy your own.
Dishwasher was broken and unusable, we hand washed everything but that did not stop them from trying to charge you obscene amounts for dishwasher tabs as only a single one is provided after check-in. Also don't expect towels for your hands in the bathrooms, not even one. Gotta pay for that as well or bring your own one.
The kitchen however was actually pretty well-equipped.

And the best part: it required multiple back and forths to get our 535€ safety deposit back. Initially they wanted to deduct parts of it under the assumption that we supposedly broke the dishwasher and parts of the apartment were left behind dirty. We did vacuum the entire place and left the bedsheets and everything in the main hallway as per their thorough "checking cheat sheet". Best part is we have only been told they want to deduct parts when we called almost a month after checkout asking about our deposit lol. Obviously they could not provide any pictures or proof or anything so we pushed more aggressively and next step would have been getting legal assistance for the bullshit. Luckily this was not necessary and we are happy to confirm that almost 2 entire months after our checkout we got our deposit back.

Don't take your frustration out on their on-site staff, they are not making these decisions and I don't blame them if they are not always friendly - the ones we spoke to were nice and friendly all the time. This is a top tier example of excessive corporate greed.

They probably still don't know about the single random sock behind the sofa...

Clean, well-equipped cottage, very close to Amsterdam with free parking at the nearby train station, 3.5€ travel time to Central Station which is 10 minutes away.

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