The host is extremely friendly and very accessible, however, the actual home has a myriad of problems that made it not worth the money paid.
We were not expecting a luxury rental, however we were expecting a clean home as depicted in the photos and this was not the case.
The home has a strong mildew smell that worsened in the master bedroom and kitchen. The air fresheners left around the house did not help the smell. The furniture is older and more run-down than depicted in the photos.
The bed linens are not the ones pictured and looked questionable, and the beds in the second and third bedroom are stained and unclean looking. Old bars of soap, rusting razor blades and a lot of other crusted toiletries were left in the bathrooms. The second bedroom bath was unusable due to an ant infestation and unsanitary looking old shower curtain. The third bedroom bath was missing a toilet paper roll holder and had very dirty, unsanitary looking shelving and nowhere else to house toiletries.
The kitchen smelled strong of old mold, like an old camp cabin. There was a dirty glass left in the sink upon arrival and a lot of old food in the pantry and fridge including but not limited to: an open box of cereal, crusted condiments, baby food, and open bottles of juice. Much of the wood in the kitchen is stained with food remnants or water drips. The chair cushions in the kitchen were stained and unsanitary and the ceiling leaked as it rained during our stay.
Outside there was garbage and detritus surrounding the backyard including but not limited to: an old toilet, a decaying grill, deflated and dirty pool floats, and a child’s water gun. The table and chairs pictured are broken and piled in the corner. There are instead two bistro sets with cushions that need replacing and two of the chaises have cushions that were dirty and strewn on the ground.
If you are looking for a crash pad and not too particular about broken, scratched and dirty furniture, ants, or the smell of mildew then this house may work for you. The canyon view is beautiful.
The WiFi stopped working on day 3 and did not work for the remainder of the stay.