The home was fantastic and beautiful and was worth the long drive to get there.

The communication with Randall was not good. We did not get a response to our email to Randall at the time of our booking, nor did he respond to calls and voicemail messages left to him on the day of our arrival (when we were trying to confirm the check-in process). We just drove to the address where his other renters (sitting on the porch) in the studio directly below us showed us the door to our apartment on arrival and told us where we could park and where to find Randall. We introduced ourselves to Randall on the second day by visiting his place (he lives next door) when we saw him home, but otherwise had zero contact with him. The only communication initiated by Randall was an invoice for tax that was left for us in the entryway of the apartment.

I think Randall was not happy that we had our 16-month old baby with us. We should have made this clear in our reservation. I guess overall bad communication left a bad taste in everyone's mouth about this experience. Wish it had worked out better, the home is lovely and I would still recommend it.