First of all, the house is beautiful. It’s clean, the pool is nice, it was well-stocked, the beds are comfortable, it was roomy, and there were nice outdoor seating options for a group.
However there were a few issues that really affected our stay. The first issue is that the location is terrible. It is not where they said it was - they sent a message after we had paid giving us a different address than was provided by airbnb. While this sent up a red flag, we gave them the benefit of the doubt. The neighborhood is not good. We checked out the neighborhood where the address says it is and that was much better. Parking was a problem, there were trash piles in the streets, and the area really didn’t feel safe.
The second issue is there is a crazy neighbor who spent the whole week screaming next door, particularly when we were outside trying to use the pool and very late into the night. He was clearly mentally unstable so we didn’t engage with him at all but that didn’t deter him. He kept kicking the fence so hard that we were afraid it would come down. My teenage niece was so afraid of him she slept in her parents room. He would also walk the perimeter of the fence and mess with the gate to our carport. All in all, it really affected the comfort of our stay. We are a family who grew up in urban areas so we are generally used to dealing with this type of behavior but even we were unnerved by him.