I start by saying this home is in a good location – basically not more than 30-45 minutes from any sightseeing locales. Walking distance to stores and 15 minutes from the airport. Thankfully parking was always available out front as the back space was usually taken.
Hosts were very kind and easy to deal with. Accommodated our request for early check-in. They did however provide an incorrect cell number resulting in our not being able to contact them for some assistance with the tv leaving us to resolve it on our own, which took almost an hour to figure out. I suggest they update their welcome notes.
The home is in fact their home which proved to be too much for me. Every cupboard and closet were packed with their belongings. Our groceries had to be kept on the floor/countertop due to lack of space. Had to hang our clothes next to theirs. They left a toothbrush in the holder of the master bathroom and a personal loofah in the shower. Had a dresser in the Master however the drawers did not open easily, I lived out of my suitcase. Master toilet runs continually – need to jiggle the handle and it rattles every time one gets up from it! House had a bit of a funky smell when coming in from the outside.
The kitchen is very well stocked, and they generously allow renters to use their spices/etc however this was not needed in our case. They did provide coffee beans which we very much appreciated.
We had four adults and that is enough for this home. While it can sleep 8 the common areas are not suitable for 8 adults as it would not be possible to comfortably all sit to watch tv or have dinner at the table. Also, only one shower in the home, located in the main floor bathroom (only a soaker tub with a handheld in the master upstairs). It was quite crowded on the main floor with 4 adults and when we had two additional visitors, they had to sit on a kitchen chair to converse/watch tv.
The couches are very tired and quite dirty – uncomfortable. With COVID we spent many evenings indoors and this was extremely painful on our backs and hips. Suggest getting some new furniture – or at the very least clean covers for the existing.
The main floor bedroom was not overly inviting – had extra chairs in it, clearly used for storage and a huge tv looking ready to fall over. Very basic.
Was surprised that the bed pillows provided appeared to be their own – with no protective hypo-allergenic covers. Found this to be unacceptable in this current health pandemic we are in, and more care must be given to the area of bed pillows provided. (thankfully we brought our own).
We were asked to be mindful of the tenants downstairs however this was not reciprocated and my guests sleeping on the main floor were kept awake one night by tenant activities until 1:30am. And also during the day when they played some loud music.
Netflix is provided however again this is their personal account and we were bumped out several times not able to watch movies because of others accessing the account. This was a definite issue on New Year's Eve.
We were in the home for 10 days and given only one shower it would have been nice to have a mid-week clean of the kitchen and bath. No extra kitchen dishcloths were provided – the one there was well used and soiled (could not find any others).
Did not use the backyard – we were there in December during the cold snap and unprecedented snowfall. Appears to be a nice size and would be a pleasant space to enjoy in better weather.
So, all in all, the home is in a great location but needs some definite improvements.