I'm having a hard time writing this. I don't want to be harsh because I felt there were good intentions, and Yumi and Gen were very responsive and did their best to make us comfortable. However I was also very frustrated by the following things:

- The bed near the bathroom smelled of pee.

- The hot-tub was empty and dirty when we arrived. Took 3 communications to get it cleaned and set up for use. Apparently it's been leaking for 2 months. I ended up not wanting to use it because I felt bad about the whole interaction, but at least the kids enjoyed it.

- Ceiling fans were dirty. We found this out when we turned them on and discovered that they also needed maintenance. I think someone came and fixed them since they stopped making noise when we tried them again later in the week.

- The oven never worked. I guess that's why it was being used to store pots and pans. That's probably also why there was a turkey in the freezer when we arrived. I never even mentioned it to Yumi since I figured she must already know. We used the toaster-oven and the grill instead.

- The grill had a lot of fat in it and was flaring badly. I decided to burn it clean but stupidly left it running when we went out for a couple of hours on Tuesday morning. Fortunately nothing bad happened, but I felt terrible.

- The tap water tasted a little funky. We tried the filter in the kitchen but it tasted worse. My guess is it hasn't been maintained either. We bought a case of bottled water.

- Having the handy-man arrive early on Wed morning and stare at my fiancé through the bedroom window (which is right beside the front door and has a gauzy kind of curtain) was not cool. I get it, she's beautiful. She's also trying to sleep in on her vacation. So was I when the guy arrived. Then Yumi & her SO arrived, the kids woke up and the sleeping in wasn't in the cards that morning. I did my best to be polite about the situation, and eventually they decided to come back later, but... wow.

- Cloths dryer failed on Wed or maybe Thurs night and then there was a whole bunch of communication about getting it replaced. That didn't happen while we were there, but fortunately there were plenty of towels and a mostly sheltered cloths-line out back.

I feel that the majority of the things listed above are the kind of maintenance that could and should have been handled before we ever arrived, rather than disrupting our vacation. Previous airbnb experiences have not have issues like this. On the positive side, I liked the layout of the kitchen, and while it's not mentioned in the listing, there's an awesome VitaMix blender. So... smoothies!