When we arrived, the house was very cold and there was no way to heat it with wood until the next day; the kitchen's oil-fired radiator was leaking. Fortunately, the wood was provided. So we didn't use the beautiful living room at all for the three evenings. There was a lack of kitchen utensils for those who wanted to cook; there is no real oven. We didn't try the multi-function microwave to cook a pie, for example.