I can’t in good faith give more than three stars to this Airbnb house.
The house is well appointed, it has everything you would find in your house, overall we had a nice family Christmas time.
But there are several things you have to know before renting the house:
1.- Make sure you talk to the owner before you pay as the rules on the website are totally different from the ones she hands at check in time. The rules on the web say very clearly that if your shoes are muddy to please leave them at the porch which is totally understandable, BUT when you check in there is a new set of rules where she wants you to be w/o shoes the whole time while in the house - If I had known this I would not have rented the house
2.- Make sure you rent the WHOLE house as there are two apartments in the basement and if you make any normal noise it will sound terribly loud In the downstairs as the upstairs has wooden floors.
3.- You pay a cleaning fee but the rules require you to leave the house like you found it. If I had known this I would have stayed at a hotel.
4.- The upstairs has as per the owner “ very expensive wood floors” and she wants you to take care of them... if you are afraid that the floors are going to be damaged DON’T rent the house. If you decide to rent the house I would take pictures of the floors and when you leave I would take a video where you can show the state of the house ( I did both )
5.- The area is not the best area !! I did not feel safe and we were a family with small kids/babies
6.- We rented the house for our family Christmas gathering. We had exactly the number of people advertised on the listing staying in the house, and had a few additional family over for Christmas dinner. We were accused of having a huge party which was not the case. Make it 100% clear to the owner how many people will be in the house – even the number listed on the ad seemed like too many for them.
I have rented with Airbnb a lot and never never ever had an issue with any of them, all the owners were very nice. Again this house should not be out there for rent if the owner thinks that the floors are going to be damaged.