My husband and I did not feel like this was private at all. When I asked Anna if there was going to be other guests staying on the property she said no, that we were the only ones. When we got there, there were at least 2 other families/guests staying there besides us.(keep in mind the home and space is pretty small in general) The only way to get to the guesthouse is through the main house. It was a little awkward walking through the little house, through the center of the living room where they're all watching tv just to get to our guest house in the backyard. The backyard is very small, when guests are out there, they're all pretty much right in front of your guesthouse door. Another very big privacy concern we had was they wanted us to leave our car keys hanging at the front door where anyone can access them (so they can move our car if they need to, very limited parking). We were close to just booking a hotel that night because we felt no privacy and just uncomfortable in general.