I first want to say that the house is nice, but the street it is on is a little rough. However, for the 3 nights we stayed (Fri, Sat and Sun., checking out Mon.) Everything was relatively peaceful. Sunday was the only evening and night I can say was interesting. So do not judge the place by its location. The house was comfortable for our large group, which was a mixture of adults, teens and a child. We had concerns and contacted Gamaliel who was quick to get back with us. One issue was that the living room tv screen was broken and Gamaliel refunded us $75 for the inconvenience. (paragraph 1 of 4)
The issues we had with the house would number one be with the furniture. My advice would be to invest in new furniture and not cover up stains. The one couch back was broken and multiple pieces of furniture had excessive staining including the pillow in the front bedroom. The metal front door locking to leave and returning required thinking out of the box to do. (paragraph 2 of 4)
Have the cleaning company do a more thorough job of cleaning. The washer at my home can have some hair and dirt from long time use, but not my vacation spot. In my home, the hair belongs to family and not strangers. In addition, the cleaning plan where they wash the towels and comeback the next day to dry them didn't sit well with my group. Therefore we re-cleaned and dried the items ourselves as we didn't feel comfortable with having strangers in while we were gone. (paragraph 3 of 4)
Take time to invest in the property - paint the walls, versus just having primer on it. Do something with the backyard. It was completely overgrown with mostly weeds and high grass. Each level has a back balcony with a chair, but there is only room for one person nowhere to commune together outside. My only other issue is more with Airbnb, I selected whole house and did not notice that this was a two family. Granted we had the whole house for our unit, but that is not really what my family is looking for when we say whole house. (paragraph 4 of 4)