Cristina gave excellent instructions about parking and property location with great details. She answered all my questions promptly. Warnings about mosquitos were very clear as well. Here are some comments about this stay:
1. I was told that check-in started at 2 pm. Yet, when I entered the airbnb, the cleaning lady was still there cleaning and did not leave until 2:45 pm. The cleaning lady seemed to have rushed to finish while we were waiting. I saw her hurriedly pushed and pulled her cleaning cloth over surfaces without really wiping them. Host offered an apology but declined my request for a credit.
2. The way from the street to the property entrance was narrow with plants extending from the side blocking the way. There was no way to avoid contacts with the plants along the way. The situation was made worse when it rained because the water on the plants wetted us when we used the path.
3. The platform in front of the entrance was unstable. I almost lost balance on it and almost fell. Debris fell on me when I closed the door from the outside. Then, I noticed that there were peeling paint and possibly rotted wood on the top of the door frame.
4. My husband, 5' 9" & 175 lbs, told me that the shower stall was too small. He could not take a shower without hitting the walls. For me, 5' & 102 lbs, I had no issue. I appreciated the host's thoughtfulness of having movable hooks on the shower walls, flexible and useful. I also liked their choice of bath towels. Really enjoyed them. Yet, there was no matching face towels.
5. Small soap bars were provided for hand washing instead of soap dispensers. I personally think that it's a lot more hygienic to use soap dispensers instead of soap bars.
6. There were shampoo, conditioner and body wash dispensers in the shower stall on the wall. Excellent setup! Unfortunately, the body wash dispenser was almost empty when we checked in. Not sure whether that was the result of the cleaning lady being rushed and did not do a complete job. Or, maybe the host was supposed to check them and fill them? Anyhow, Orestes came and went into the bathroom to fill up the dispenser after I texted and asked where the refill was. I wished that the refill supply was somewhere in the property so that I could refill the dispenser without Orestes, not wearing a mask, coming into our space under the COVID-19 condition. After this incident, I stopped reporting any further issues and declined all offers of correction of situations that had been reported so that no one would enter our space until after we checked out.
7. Again, Cristina was super thoughtful. Instead of delivering a clean bathroom mat into the space, she or Orestes put one in the mailbox. I was impressed by her understanding of my COVID concerns and her thoughtfulness.
8. The kitchen waste basket was very small. Market plastic bags were use as liners. It was too small for all our waste from one take-out dinner for 4.
9. The stand alone kitchen cabinet was really cute and pleasing to the eyes.
10. The kitchen table was small and just sufficient for 4 with 4 matching chairs.
11. The bigger bedroom had a door connecting to another space. When I tried to open it, thinking that it was a closet door, I heard a dog barking from the other side. At night, sometimes, light shone through the cracks of the door.
12. A street night shone through the shade of a window. Additional blocking was needed to make the light not landing on my eyes while sleeping on the bed.
13. The floor was relative clean but not too sure about the rugs. They seemed old and somewhat dirty to me.
14. Parking was not an issue with the parking permit.
15. Noise level from upstairs was very low. I could hear it but it was not a bother at all.