Ron’s house was very nice.
His listing for it, though, leaves something to be desired. He quotes a “reasonable” price per night, but hides in his description that there will be additional taxes asses later. Even though it’s listed there, it does seem to be intentionally left out of the original listed price to appear more attractive in search results. He claims he can’t include taxes, and that may be true, but it would be just as easy to increase the price of the stay per night and take care of the taxes from that without asking me to pay an additional 17% (more than what was quoted in the listing, I might add) 2 days before my stay was due to start.
On top of all that, we paid a $375 cleaning fee. I would assume that by paying that much, the house is meticulously cleaned between tenants. The downstairs bathroom had a used bandaid in the shower. If I’m paying that much for cleaning it, that should never be allowed to happen.
He also has cameras throughout the property, and Ron does list this in the description per airbnbs requirements, but I doubt they would be happy about one of the cameras being directly pointed at the hot tub.
On the positive side, the house had amazing views and was in a great neighborhood. The hot tub was nice, even if the rules were a little strict (no drinking in the hot tub). It was convenient to several really nice beaches.
I wouldn’t likely stay in one of Ron’s properties again, but only because of how he handled the taxes, and maybe because the dirty bandaid on top of a huge cleaning fee left a bad taste.
His communication, barring the timing of asking for more money, was good. And the house was generally very well equipped.