My husband and I stayed at Scott's place with our dog for a month and it was a wonderful place to land during a difficult transition for us from Minneapolis to Winnipeg during the covid19 pandemic.
The house was really clean, with lots of room for the two of us, and reminded us a lot of our home in Minneapolis that was around the same age. It felt safe, secure, and private the entire time. The central air conditioning kept us all nice and cool during some surprisingly hot days! The window in the living room was also a surprising delight, it is massive and gives a great view outside. My dog really enjoyed just spending hours watching everything outside.
Scott was quick to respond to messages, friendly, casual, and very accommodating!
The rest of this review is from the perspective of an owner of a dog-reactive dog because I always have to take special considerations when traveling with her and I always hope to see reviews from people with similar circumstances.
Scott has a sweet 12+ year old boxer up on the third floor of the house and as soon as I inquired about keeping our two dogs away from each other he didn't hesitate to accommodate us. He went above and beyond and separated out the back and front yards with temporary fencing so that we could each have our own spaces even though it meant adding an obstacle to his access to the front gate! I really appreciated it both for keeping our dogs separated and because the back yard has one section without fencing.
There are two standard poodles that live next-door but they are not outside for very long at a time and I was able to avoid them. They did bark quite a bit when outside which at first bothered my dog a lot. But there is quite a bit of foliage between the two yards so even when inside the house looking through the huge window my dog never had a clear view of them. This turned out really well for us and eventually my dog stopped caring entirely when they got barking. This may be different for a dog who is particularly sensitive to barking (for my dog it's a lot more about visuals). Scott's dog upstairs was never a problem for us and only barked rarely during the whole month.
There was quite a bit of dog-walking traffic on the sidewalks in front of the house so I did stay watchful when my dog was outside but we didn't have any problems there either.
Much longer review than I intended to write but overall it was a great stay and we would definitely stay there again!