We had really good time in this house where has fireplace, nice environment, good communication with the host. The location is close to the Taupo center like walking distance. The only thing I have to mention which not every guest can meet the high standard of the host.
First of all, we got 100$ surcharge after we leave. We know we check out a bit late about 10:30am so it makes sense we got 25$ surcharge of 30mins late check out. However, it still charged us 75$ which excluded the cleaning fees we already paid when we booked the house.
We bought our own the yellow rubbish bag and we collect the rubbish mostly, all the dirty dishes and cutlery were put in the dishwasher.
Secondly, we wrapped oven tray while we were cooking the food. We didn't take dirty tin foil off from the tray that is our mistake, and we will correct our mistake next time. However, this shouldn't be a big reason to charge us more money.
Thirdly, we didn't use the outside BBQ stove which I double checked with my mates. We booked 2 days for staying in the house. We usually eat our meals in restaurants though, 5th July 2022 was a raining day, and the rain started about 6pm. That was the only meal we ate in the house, Therefore, we have no chance to use the outside BBQ stove. The dirty BBQ stove was left by the last guests, this shouldn't charge us in the extra cleaning fees.
I fully understand the surcharge for extra cleaning work, and it takes a lot of time for the host maintain the nice and tidy room for every guests. We were supposed to do this better, but asking guests to maintain the high standard of cleanliness which is not something everyone can do, particularly we already paid the cleaning fees in advance.