I will write the Pros and Cons with Bruce’s place
Cons;
- The place was very filthy and dirty. There was dust everywhere on surfaces and seemed like place hadn’t been dusted in years.
- In the family room there was a carpet/rug with stains everywhere and did not even feel comfortable stepping on it with our socks.
- There were spider webs in multiple ceilings and room corners.
- Our socks got filled up with dog hair which convinced us that there was no vacuum being done either.
- Half of the blinds in the house did not work for privacy etc.
- The garage was not available for use to park a car (we had a car rental and are from out of town so we didn’t want anything happening to the car while our stay there) this listing shows as entire house but does not include the garage which was disappointing.
- We strictly booked an entire place to ourselves because we were 3 couples and wanted a place alone. Bruce mentions to me before hand that he is dog sitting 3 dogs in the backyard while our trip there. Which I found it odd. Not only that and (I don’t have actual evidence of this) but we were pretty confident that the owner was staying in the house basement the whole weekend. We even seen other people park in the driveway and enter the house through the side garden door of the house. This made us a bit uncomfortable at all times we were in the house. When I book entire place I expect entire place to myself not the owner staying in the basement.
- The place was supposed to be ready by 3pm, then he stated it would be ready by 1pm. We got there 1230pm (to just drop off luggages) and he stated the place is ready to go in. Maybe this is why it looked very filthy but thats not our problem he told us its ready. Besides it seemed like those problems I stated above had not been touched in a very long time.
- The house thermostat does not go past 70 degrees. We went during a chilly winter time with 40 degree nights. I had to send multiple messages and texts for him just to raise it at 73 but then immediately put it back at 70 when we went to bed which made us think he is in the basement under us.
- The shower was kind of odd and would not plug up water at the bottom for water to switch to shower head. I had to call and he says to me instructions are in the drawer, which is nice if they were outside the drawer not inside so we can know how to function the shower. His response was (yes everyone calls me about this) and he has instructions how to use it but we never thought to open the drawer to see the instructions. I would suggest putting that outside the shower glass for others.
Pros;
Bruce was awesome and the communication was very very fast. He responded to my questions and needs through the app and phone calls as well. After check out I left a few bags in his garage until our flight later in the day then went and picked them up.
I wrote detailed review because i want to help others with as much as possible. I read Bruces reviews before I spent $1000 on two nights on his place. No one in his reviews had what I had so it convinced me to book his place. I personally would like to think I was misled. I don’t know how it is a 4.82/5 rating
Once again although he’s a great host. His house was definitely out of shape to have others fly across the country and stay in something like this.