The primary reason I chose this address/host was that it had a spa pool.
I had a mate visit for a catch-up, so out of respect for the host and his wife/family, I told the host that he'd be arriving after work at about 6pm, to ensure that he knew that I was expecting a visitor for a few hours. My mate arrived at 605pm, and left at 903pm.
At 11am, I also messaged the host to let them know that I'd be there "at about 2pm (check in time), or shortly after".. Solely out of respect.
On entrance, the place looked lovely and clean, and it smelled beautiful inside. 👌🏼
In the bathroom there were a couple of hairs on the vanity. Only a couple, but it certainly didn't appear to have been wiped down since the previous visitor. I had to use the small towel to wipe the vanity and fawcett, so that I felt OK about putting my toothbrush there.
The host states in the description that the spa is preset to 40 degrees, and as this is too hot for me, I'd intended to decrease the temperature to 37 (it's what I had it set to, at my house) as soon as I got there. So once I'd brought my bags in, at 230pm, I lifted the spa pool cover to find the temperature control panel. The thick gunk (it's all I can call it) that surrounded the entire top level of the water made me gag. I've never seen spa pool water this dirty. I couldn't see the bottom of the pool. In fact, I could only just make out the upper jets, which are only about 20cm under the waterline. I wiped my finger along the top edge of the water, through the thick gunk and took photos and videos of the water and the gunk both on the edge of the pool and on my finger/s. There was a clear plastic click-lock box sitting next to the spa. I opened it, and hoped that, if it contained spa pool water maintenance products, that I may be able to get it to a "safe standard" to use the spa in, 7 or 8 hours' time. One of the pool products containers in the box was dated 2013... 9 years old... And all other containers had pool cleaning products that were so old, they had solidified... One like concrete hahaha. These products shouldn't last long enough to get to this state. I was soooo gutted. No spa for me. 😭
Finally, the bed.
I am a tummy sleeper. What this means is that my head and feet were higher than my torso.. Like my last parachute jump. 🤣 Reading this actually makes me laugh... But I hardly slept last night.
Not only that, the sheets on the bed need to "look clean". There were two marks on the fitted sheet. Not sure what it was. But even if the sheet WAS clean, those marks made me think that it hadn't been changed/cleaned, maybe like the vanity with the hairs on it? 🤷🏽‍♂️😬. I took photos of them, too.
So.... Lost three stars for: 1. unclean vanity, 2. unusable spa pool (even worse, unsafe, that I may have entered at 930pm, if I hadn't attempted to change the temperature? Ugh 🤮), and 3. the bed (sheets as well as the fact that the bed has had so much use that it no longer supports a standard adults weight (I'm 5"8', 95 kgs)).
2 good stars for location, baaaaasic cleanliness, ease of use (lockbox), positive host comms, a nice little heater that did the trick, kettle and coffee, TV with chromecast, lovely scented sticks in the bathroom that filled the room as well, and off street parking.
2 stars. Won't go back.