Not relaxing or private (esp for couples)
The entrance of the home is beautiful, but as soon as you walk through, you are immediately directed to the “guest wing” which has a much smaller living room and the ventilation in the entire guest wing is significantly much more poor than the main area (we stayed in early September when it was hot and humid). The bedroom does have a fan but there’s also a large immobile privacy screen just outside the window that blocks most of the natural breeze. Also one thing I did not realize about this listing is that this room is directly off their driveway, so you hear cars come in/out and any front yard work they are doing (which was everyday and as early as 7am).
As far as the communal areas, the outdoor kitchen is really the only place one can hang out when it’s hot and humid at night. And on one of the nights, the host was having their own private dinner party in their portion of the house (which was fine). However, just before 9pm, they turned off the lights to the outdoor kitchen WHILE we were there AND they were still partying loudly in their portion of the house. We asked if they could turn them back on and they said they could but won’t as they’ve gotten several noise complaints. It was annoying because we were just trying to watch a movie on the laptop WITH headphones on while trying to avoid sweltering heat in the bedroom that night. During the day, the pool was nice but the entire time we were there they had the pool vacuum running so we didn’t exactly feel welcome to go have fun & make a splash.
Another item that I wish I would have know about before booking is that they have a few ~10 year old KIDS that must be homeschooled as they were there EVERY DAY RUNNING AROUND AND SCREAMING.
Lastly, the rooms did not have key locks (so you had to leave your room unlocked when you went out all day, with all of your valuables at risk of getting stolen). There is a safe, but only realized it was there on our last day.
We found this place to be NOT RELAXING at all and decided to get a hotel the last two nights of our stay to avoid further confrontation and non-comfortable interactions with the hosts.