Host was very nice and even left us some Canadian cheese to make up for the daily road work outside, which started early! We had a car so it was easy to get around, however, the amount of road closures around the city made it very difficult to navigate and took us time to find our way even with GPS. I think public transport would've been better, however, having elderly parents with us this was not feasible option.
House was as described although not as clean as we expected. Cutlery drawers were dirty and we washed everything that we used first. Oven was quite gross. We did put new foil on the bottom of the oven but we were all still put off that we didn't end up roasting our veggies from the market like we'd planned. Cobwebs hung from bottom bathroom. I think the host needs a new professional cleaner! One thing that is necessary to mention is that the listing states the house has air conditioning which is misleading; the house has one portable unit upstairs which cools off one bedroom, perhaps two. The house during the day and into the early evening got to 85 degrees fahrenheit at times. Opening all windows helped a little if we were lucky enough to get a breeze blowing through, but otherwise it was quite uncomfortable, especially downstairs. Fans were in most rooms but you had to leave them on the lowest setting to prevent burnout. We were left a little space in the refrigerator, but not near enough for a week's stay for five people so we had to do a fair amount of juggling.
Host allowed us to bring our mini Dachshund which was very much appreciated - thank you, Jennifer!