This rental could be closer to 5 stars but it doesn’t measure up to the 20+ air bnbs I’ve stayed at.
For the $ you lay there are shortcomings in amenities and the communication was a little too much and uncomfortable.
The house is large and nice but looks like has been sold or in escrow and host is getting by with minimal amenities for hosting large groups per listing. I think there were 4 spoons for 8 overnight guests and 12 visiting for meals. No hand soap in bathrooms, no face or hand towels and 2 threadbare bath towels that were a couple of years old with stage furniture left over from the sale. Tables/couches were adequate fine. Tried to use garage to park car and told after arrived you had to hold button but just goes up and down so operated/locked manually.
Communication was a bit much. Before you book you get these pairs graphs of questions and conditions which was longest air bnb messages ever received about how important and repeating all rules with implied threats of instant eviction after checkin when she finds out any rule being broken implying heavy remote monitoring. Understood about wanting to protect house but the opposite of welcoming and over anxiety on protecting final inspection before sale transfer guessing.
2 hours before checkin receive instructions including reminder of instant eviction/cancellation if any rules discovered broken. A little stressful when your hosting a group on Thanksgiving and luckily didn’t have any surprise +1s with guests, but this can happen and just seemed a bit much like person shouldn’t really be or want to rent their house on.
All my reviews for past stays have been 5 stars so struggled a bit to leave a 3 start review but just wasn’t comfortable and thought amenities lacking for a higher price $ tag for a couple nights