The Stream House at Mae Kampong

Don’t get me wrong. This is a wonderfully, idyllic place which no photos can do justice. It is right beside a lovely stream and you’ll hear its wonderful cascading sounds. The space itself is generously sized with a large dinning room and big bedroom, all of which is well appointed with great views. What’s more you can your dinner delivered by ordering through the caretaker/cleaner. But this is also where the problem is. The owner relies on the caretaker/cleaner to run it and it’s done imperfectly. Checking in was confusing for when we arrived she had just finished cleaning and I thought she was the cleaner and someone else would formally check us in, so we waited around, but that never happened. The apar**ent was not mopped properly as there were obvious marks left by unclean feet beside the balcony. I cleaned it up with moist toilet paper as I wasn’t in a complaining mood. The rest of the apar**ent seemed clean enough though. Next there were no towels, coffee, mugs nor drinking water. So I contacted the property on the Line app (very necessary for communications in Thailand) and got a quick response. The caretaker/cleaner brought us 1 bath towel and 3 hand towels. I suppose they had run out of bath towels! She brought 2 bottles of mineral water and 2 glasses, but no coffee. I later noticed that there wasn’t a bar of soap for the hand washing basin. Luckily I had brought my own, We took the opportunity to order dinner through her and in arrived soon after 5pm as I had requested. It was delicious. We checked out just before 10am the next day. But as there was no check-in procedure, nor we were told of a check-out procedure, we simply closed all the windows and shut the door behind us. Would I return again? I think I would ... because this setting right by the stream is so captivating that I would forgive all the imperfections. But I’d bring my own coffee and maybe towels too!