Sharyns home is beautiful! Living area is huge! It is an upstairs living area with open staircase (blocked by a little gate) to the living room. Her dog barked once (which kind of startled us a little because we didn't realize he was at the top of the stairs) but s/he is adorable! The upstairs area was really warm - she said she had the air on all day but not sure why it was so hot upstairs. We couldn't sleep, even with the windows open we couldn't get a nice breeze...and did not want to bother her in the late hours so we ended up going to the store near by and buying a fan to use for the night. Communication was easy and check-in was a breeze. We didn't see Sharyn until the end of the night when we came back from shopping but she gave us our privacy which is what we wanted. But overall, it was definitely a clean and beautiful home!