Although the caretaker for the Aloha House, Pedro, is warm, responsive, accommodating and a wonderful chef, the rental fee is too high for the state and location of the house. When it is not listed on Airbnb, it is a youth hostel, which explains a great deal. It's listed as Cascais but it is in Parede, which is a much less charming town. It would not take much for the owner to shore up the house -- including, adding a proper lock to the front gates so outsiders can't gain access, providing sufficient kitchen ware to serve 14 people (there are only a few wine glasses and several of the coffee cups are chipped), providing coverlets or blankets for the beds, having large fans for the bedrooms (there is no AC), rather than the small, desktop ones that barely work, providing enough bathroom towels, hand soap or any soap, having a laundry machine that isn't under lock and key (we had to ask the caretaker's mother to run a load), ensuring that the bathrooms work properly (one sink never drains). The entire house and the ample outside could use a good, thorough cleaning, too. To be sure, it is wonderful to have a large house that can accommodate a good number of people (we had 14 of our family staying there) but it's shabby to have it in bad shape and charge as if it looks like the photos on the listing. Although Pedro and his mother were lovely caretakers, this house is not worth the cost.