Area not as secluded and peaceful as expected from description. Host seemed agitated with us being there and said many times "my house" when complaining about something to us. We did not feel relaxed or welcomed to hang out and enjoy the house.
Host responded well when I messaged him, so no complaint about that. It was when he freaked out and scolded us that we had broken the rule of having guests visit the house. We had 4 family members come over for maybe 2 hours and played cards. We weren't loud or disrespectful in any way. I apologized and was sorry we had not understood that rule. But it was a serious over-reaction from him! And the "quiet hours" starting at 9PM is a bit ridiculous... is everyone expected to go to bed? The policy states that "even a whisper" is too much. So we didn't really feel we could hang out at the house in the evenings before going to bed.
The street on which it is located is much more overcrowded and unkept than expected. And parking was not always available or convenient.
We paid extra $100 for full kitchen access, but we were told that the owner was having a party/fundraiser with a large group of his friends and we should not be at the house or at least not use the kitchen for our dinner that evening (as we had planned). We were asked to vacate the house for the 3 hours while this was going on and were not given this information until that day! Host complained after we went to the grocery and had brought the bags of food into the kitchen. We weren't sure where to put things, and he complained that "he came in to bags sitting in HIS kitchen!" We ended up not really using the kitchen unfortunately, so paying for full access was a big waste.
We would just caution anyone planning to stay here to read the rules carefully and know the host and owner seem very particular about everything. It's a beautiful home, but not real practical for making a welcome place for guests to feel comfortable and relaxed.