Pros:
Check in went fairly smoothly, we were let in and assisted in accessing the parking (entry was somewhat confusing but ultimately fairly straightforward). The property looked like the pictures. The bathrooms were recently remodeled and very nice.
Cons:
Location is far from town, not walkable to anything. The neighbor’s house directly overlooks the entire backyard/pool area. During the afternoon we spent there, the neighbor/someone in the house spent the entire time leering at our group, hanging his whole upper body out of the windows to stare at us (two families with small children). For *hours.* He did not stop after we spoke to him (in english/spanish/portuguese) and did not appear to want anything other than to watch us.
House is not safe for children - multiple stairwells are open for a child to easily fall through (at a deadly height).
Bedrooms on ground floor & basement bedroom were musty, with basement being (predictably) the smelliest. There was also no kitchen table/seating for our group, only a few tables for 2 people.
Lastly, but most importantly, we had an unexplained intruder in the basement room about an hour after we arrived. We immediately contacted the host and they suggested it was the pool guy (person did not announce themselves and was nowhere near the pool). Host said they would come by and check it out the next morning, but between that and the neighbor who refused to stop watching us, no one in our group was willing to spend the night there. After we left and tried to sort things out amicably, recognizing that an intruder is not necessarily the host’s fault, the host was aggressive and accused us of lying. After staying in airbnbs 10 years, I have never had an experience like this. Airbnb made it right, but I cannot in good conscience recommend this listing to others.