Hayden is a great host. He gave us very clear instructions and I followed them to get everything working as expected. He was really nice allowing us to do a late checkout.
This is indeed a rustic kiwi batch style. Not the kind of spotless place. There are kaiaks in the back which is really handy to enjoy getting into the water. Great summer spot.
The thing that we didn't enjoy much was the cleaning conditions of the house. We didn't encounter the place in the conditions we'd like to. We understand it's an old house and things aren't gonna look as great as one would like. But there was a lot of a dust, the toilet was not clean. Behind and under the beds things were wild. We had to do a big cleaning session as soon as checked in to make it comfortable. Doesn't need to be perfect. But would rather walk into a clean place to start with. I can say we left it cleaner than we found.