I have read that there are many positive reviews about this place but I have to be completely honest and write my very first unfavorable review. First of all we arrived little bit after 4 which was what the listing stated as the check in time. A sign on the door said check in was at 4:30 so we waited out on the porch and finally the owner let us in close to 4:30. He stated that he had a very large group that had just checked out but there was no apologies made when i said his listing stated a 4pm chevk in. He gave us a very quick brief tour of the house and then went back to cleaning the rest of the house and then the kitchen. We told him we were hoping to make a quick dinner and head out to the crater to see the sunset. We were unable to get into the kitchen until 5:30 because he still had to clean it. Even though I could see that he was mopping the floors, over all the place did not seem clean to me at all especially when you opened up cupboards in the kitchen and the bathroom all around the shower stalls and floor. This place could use a really good deep cleaning and it would be so much better. What made it the worst though was the lack of personal attention from the host and he disappeared for most of our stay. There were other people that showed up like ourselves the next day after 4 and he was nowhere to be found. Everyone that I saw seemed confused and disappointed with the check-in process.
Another woman whom I met traveling alone said that she showed up for her prepaid reservation and he had no record of it at all and was very rude to her. Our room was freezing cold during the night and there was no heat in the whole entire building in spite of it being near 50 degrees at night. When I mentioned this to the owner on our last day since that was the only other time I saw him he made some excuse that the pilot light must be out, but again made no apologies. I wish that I could recommend this place because it is the most affordable way for a lot of people to travel but I just want to make sure thst people are aware when they show up that it may be a very awkward check in you may be very cold there and not feel you have a host who cares