Joy is a very nice host. She had to cancel her trip. If she had been gone it would have allowed us to stay in the place in a manner that would have been more comfortable from the very start. For 4 nights the living room described in the listing was unavailable, as she was using it as her bedroom. It was also unavailable during the majority of the days during our stay because she used it as her office. Given the situation and the cancellation of her travel the views pictured in the listing could only be enjoyed a little bit. When we communicated the desire to use the living room she was accommodating and allowed use of the living room as a communal space for us to relax. If you communicate with her and she will definitely be gone ( as she reports that she often travels) the listing would be 5 stars, but given the little issues we experienced I have her a little less. It wasn’t bad, but the 1 bedroom is a little cramped for two people. Joy is a lovely person, very friendly, and tried her best after she canceled her travel plans due to a migraine. She does have a very flexible cancellation policy, but given that she didn’t cancel her travel plans until the day of her planned departure which was a day after we checked in (we checked in on a Sunday and she was supposed to leave on Monday) the cancellation policy didn’t do us any good and other accommodations had become too expensive to make a move elsewhere worthwhile after she told us. I would recommend staying here if you can arrange use of the living room pictured during times that you’d like to be able to enjoy the view or sit on the outdoor patio or can be sure that she’ll be gone during that period. Enjoyed conversing with her and this less than 5 star review is nothing against her personally. It was just a difficult adjustment to stay in accommodations that were different than the expectations built up by the listing and the pictures attached.