Evgeny’s place was beautiful, clean, spacious, and fairly accurately described. Having said that, there are a few things I think renters should know before booking:
Location: The host said this place was a 10-15 minute drive to the downtown, but it was about 30-40 minutes any time we took an Uber (it is a highway ride.) In fairness, there was A LOT of construction on the highways, so that slowed everything down a bit. On a Friday in rush hour it took us over an hour to get back to the house. This is not the host’s fault, but it was a lot more difficult and expensive to travel anywhere than we expected. Just an FYI if you plan to go back and forth a lot.
Communication with host: Evgeny was quick to respond to any questions we had during our stay; however, we had a fairly big communication issue after we left her place. When I had initially requested her place, I had put we had an estimate of 10 people with the possibility of more joining. After a bit of time passed I sent an entire message inquiring if her place could in fact sleep 16 like it says because we would have extras joining us. I sent another message confirming this and we were ready to book. She sent me a link to book and I paid it on time. After our stay, she charged me an extra 200 dollars because she said I didn’t confirm the extras. This was false. I felt I was completely honest and upfront in all our communication and I felt as though she was combative and unfair in her communication toward me. I had screenshots of all our communication and she still charged me. We treated her place with respect and kept it extremely clean, and the fact that she charged me extra after a miscommunication left a bad taste in my mouth. She also insinuated we broke a leg of the couch, which was broken before we arrived. My advice would be to be extremely clear with your communication so you don’t run into any issues afterward with the host.