My husband and I found John's house to be very clean and accurately described. John was extremely responsive when I contacted him with questions and flexible with our check-in and check-out. He also provided a lovely recommendation for an eatery.
We were displeased that John stopped by unannounced twice. First, we had had a late and long night with our infant son, had not been out of bed long, and were not yet dressed for the day when John knocked at the door. This was especially surprising since John had told us he was out of town. My husband quickly threw on clothes to be able to answer the door. (We did have trouble with one thing at the home but told John not to worry about it several times.) He then came back a second time in the day without any heads up and ended up being in the home while we were not (and without warning). (He had been to the store and was dropping off supplies as well as again looking at our "problem.") This was intrusive to us and has never happened with any other host at our vacation rentals. We expect to only see the host at the begining or end of the stay (unless they let us know they're coming, of course). We've also never had a host come by to restock things without notice and spend time in the place while we're not there.
I will now be asking future hosts ahead of time if they will be coming and going when we rent the entire house and to let me know ahead of time if they plan to come by. Lesson learned.