Travelers be advised, this stay is not advertised well.
For starters, our room was not ready for hours: our check-in time was advertised at 2 p.m., she called me and said "wait to come as late as you can" (whatever that means). We showed up at 4:30 p.m. and the room still wasn't ready and she turned us away. We ended up going to dinner and some sightseeing and was back around 8:30 p.m. and she wasn't around. Had to call her so we could get checked in to our room.
I walked into the house holding a non-alcoholic soda and she immediately scolded me like a child because she thought I had brought alcohol into her home. When I clarified that it was a soda, she proceeded to tell my husband and I how horrible people who eat meat and drink alcohol are. We felt very judged. Absolutely nowhere on her listing does she state that it is an absolute alcohol-free home. Now, can we go one night without alcohol? Of course. But I don't think it's right to expect your guests to follow your personal beliefs, especially if you do not advertise that that is a house rule.
Next, the room did not appear clean: There were pennies on the carpet and dirt on the hardwood, so obviously the floors were not cleaned. There was food left in the fridge from previous guests (it was cheese so clearly not from her as she claims the house is vegan), so obviously the fridge was not cleaned. Not sure why it took all day to clean our room when it clearly was not.
There is no AC in the place, so unless you want a hot muggy room, the windows need to be open all night. Fine, except the RELENTLESS dog barking and crying right outside our window unit midnight. Not down the street, but right outside the window. It was truly horrible. And then 4:30 a.m. on the dot, the roosters and chickens in her yard started crowing and cockadoodledoo-ing. Worst night sleep of the trip. No joke, unless you are a rock hard sleeper, beware.
Our room was connected to another room through a Jack/Jill bathroom (totally fine, we knew this going into it) but there is no way to lock our bathroom's door from our side of the room or in the bathroom, leaving our possessions unprotected, we couldn't lock the other guests out when we were using the bathroom, and the other guests had control of locking us out of the bathroom all together. Her response when brought up: "oh well, you're only staying for one night". Rude.
Don't use the shampoo and pre-shampoo conditioner. Just don't.
The house's front doors are open 24/7 and no gate into the property. The pool is advertised as being saltwater yet REEKED of chemicals, didn't even want to get in because it smelled so bad.
The home itself is very beautiful and it's walking distance to the one restaurant that was open.