The home was rather nice. It’s in a good location and is a beautiful neighbourhood. The property itself is on an acre of land with some nice landscaping and swings and plenty areas outdoors for the kids to run about. The house has plenty of rooms with comfortable beds and nice linens.
The kitchen is well stocked and has most amenities required. The only thing that stood out was that apart from a lot of mugs, there are no glasses to drink from. If one is in the mood for a drink in the evening, the proper glassware is in a cabinet that is not for guests. You have no choice but to use the mugs.
There is a nice library with a lot of books and a nice selection of games and quizzes and activities for the kids or adults. The TV's are equipped with a chrome cast, making it easy to find content.
The house has no heat pumps, and on hot days can get a bit stuffy, fans were provided by the host, that helped. Plenty of heaters and fireplaces for the colder days.
The house is equipped with three toilets with amenities that work well. There is a nice outdoor area with a fireplace and is perfect for outdoor entertaining. Overall, no complaints with the house. It was as expected. Quite beautiful.
The host Lynne was unfortunately not as welcoming as one would have expected. She was a bit terse at check in and was very exacting in her specifications on what we could and could not do. Things like being told that we all needed to pay attention as she didn't want to repeat the walk around the house and have to repeat herself. We were asked to arrive 30 minutes late as the house cleaning was not ready at 2pm. Also being asked to leave 2 hours early by 10-1030 as they had another group the next day.
I also didn't appreciate the suggestion that we eat salads on the last day to avoid any cooking smells for the next group that was arriving. Not ideal. I have rented varied Airbnb's over the years and have never left a home in worse condition than we received it. If the host had reviewed my profile feedback, they would have seen that.
The hosts were in and out a couple times during our trip. They also had a delivery truck pull up while we were there delivering food items. I believe the host has a catering business.
On the second day we reached out to Lynne asking where we could place our rubbish as the bins were full before our arrival, only received a response the next day from her.
On the morning of check out we sent her a text at 9:40 stating we were ready to leave, she responded with she was finishing some cooking and would be by in a bit. We finally left at 10:45 after calling (no answer) and then sending her a text that we couldn't wait any longer. Received a phone call from her at 1pm.
Overall, we found the house to be nice, but the experience was less than ideal given the behaviour of the host. I do not ever leave a poor review, but in this instance, I felt I had to, the other 7 adults in the group felt the same way.