Joel’s place was nicely furnished, equipped and spacious. The AC was especially nice during this time of year and Joel was extremely accommodating for such a last minute booking for 4th of July weekend. We traveled with two big dogs hoping to get away from our neighborhood that gets extremely loud during the festivities. Nothing out of the ordinary for this weekend and was very happy that we were unable to hear much going on outside, I even had to WFM one day and the internet was very up to speed and I had no distractions. The decor is beautiful too and everything was tidy. There was more than enough kitchen materials and the appliances were up to date and fully functional. The home in itself was beautiful and I have no complaints about the space or the host. Home is exactly as advertised and exceeded expectations in regards to cleanliness and accommodation.
My only concern, which has absolutely NOTHING to do with the host, is that a mid size dog appeared to follow us while we approached the house. The host and a previous guest do mention dogs in the neighborhood so I was not surprised however the dog did approach the car barking defensively and the situation could have easily turned ugly had our dogs been off leash. Again, this is not at fault at all to the owner as utilization of the garage would have easily avoided this but we had a top cargo storage that would not fit. The backyard looked very spacious and I would have loved to lounge with my dogs but upon realization we noticed the dog that followed us was actually the neighbors. The dog climbed the fence to go back into the neighbors yard and we felt this was an unsafe situation as we were not sure if the dog could climb the fence to the hosts yard. The dog barked at us for the majority of the time we were outside and approached me again while I loaded the car for our departure.
Again, I would like to reiterate the host DOES mention there are dogs in the neighborhood and we did not bring this up to them as they were ultimately super accommodating and did not want to bother them on a holiday weekend. Truthfully, this is out of the hosts control but i do feel the need to mention this as this could have easily turned very nasty had we not been vigilant of our dogs.