The experience was nice, the house is great.

However, our stay was not as advertised. When I booked, it said on the email "House - Entire home/apt" which I took to mean we had the entire place to ourselves. Who wouldn't, eh?!

When I rang 15mins before arriving to make arrangements for picking up the keys etc, Gloria told me "Oh by the way, you do know there is another lady going to be staying in the house with you?"

Eh no, we didn't, how could we?

As it turned out, the lady staying there was an absolutely lovely person and we really enjoyed meeting her. The house is so big it didn't even affect us. But we were initially quite taken aback at having to share a house, we are a very private family and would have stayed elsewhere had we known this was a possibility. [yes we admittedly gained a lovely experience from sharing the house, but it's just the way our family rolls.] The lady staying there with us didn't seem to know we were due to stay either, which I think was bad form of the host. Communication to her would have been courteous.

The house is absolutely beautiful/amazing/pristine, and in a lovely quiet area. But just be mindful when you stay there, as you may not be getting the place to yourself (if thats what you are after), and you may never meet the host either. In my view (and I'm sure many other peoples view), "House - Entire home/apt" infers that you have the place to yourself, not sharing with other people.

I'm not telling other AirBnb users not to stay here, quite the opposite actually. But I'm just informing all of the underlying facts, which is why we leave reviews here.