The home is lovely, comfortable, and quiet, and the host is responsive.
It seems as though they're still getting started, which is informing my feedback. I think they had a poor early experience with some past guests, which was projected onto my stay. It's a reasonable and human response, but it ultimately made us feel less welcome, like we were intruding into their lives.
They were a bit stingy with the heat during a cold/rainy weekend. The Nest thermostat was locked to max 68. I asked them to raise the max to 72, and he agreed to a middle 70...It kept going back down to 68, but the host was responsive each time I checked in about it. It just didn't feel very easeful to have to ask for the heat to be raised throughout our stay (and not even to our desired temperature).
They also provided the exact minimum amount of towels we needed (difficult on a rainy weekend) without access to any extras.
It seems like they want to improve the experience and I believe they will!