Initially, Jo appeared to be a great host, the house is in an excellent location, the garden and yard is incredibly beautiful, the wood heater kept us all cosy and our friends’ small dog was allowed to come.
Jo’s attitude unfortunately changed when I contacted him about the condition of the cleaning in the house. Despite paying a cleaning fee of $70 it wasn’t clean to the standards described in other reviews (which is why we choose to stay-the reviews were really good). My son (3) suffers allergies so I had to do quite a lot of dusting and cleaning throughout the bathroom, kitchen, lounge room and bedrooms and in my hast to get everything clean, as we were celebrating my sons birthday, I did not take photos, as I was too busy getting the house clean for the other guests to arrive.
The next day once we had finished dusting and cleaning, the house provided all the good vibes we were after-despite being exhausted by that stage.
Jo was apologetic about the cleanliness and admitted his cleaner “isn’t brilliant.” I sympathised with that as he manages the property remotely, and I thought that would be hard. I thought I was doing him a favour by explaining what needed cleaning. Then I sent him a copy of the above review as a courtesy, I felt it was fair and honest, it was good but just not clean.
He then replied and threatened me with a bad review if I posted this. So I’m posting this because I refuse to be threatened or intimidated. The review is fair and honest.