The house and location are great! The house is clean and organized and the garden is beautiful. From this perspective, it was a great choice. However, we decided to give the host three stars because we found the check-in process and communication quite uncomfortable.
Upon booking, we were asked for US phone numbers, and we informed V that that we didn't have American phone numbers, as we live abroad, to which she replied that communication via airbnb was fine. On our arrival day, we informed her of our ETA about 4 hours in advance via airbnb, as requested in the description. However, we didn't get a reply to several messages, although the host had told us she would provide more details closer to our arrival. When we got there, the house was empty, though we were able to let ourselves in according to instructions from the host. We tried contacting the host on airbnb, but there was no reply. We went into town and tried calling the host using a restaurant phone, but we also didn't manage to reach her. We stayed in town to give her some time to reply, but when we came back after 11 pm, the house was still empty. We were not completely comfortable entering an empty stranger's house where no doors could be locked without our presence being acknowledged. However, it was late and we were tired, so we decided to stay rather than book a different hotel. In the house, the bedroom doors were closed except for one, which was ajar, with the light on and two towels placed on the bed. We assumed this was our bedroom, and went to sleep there (with our large suitcases placed by the door because we were a bit disconcerted about sleeping in an unlocked house). The next day, we were informed that we had slept in the host's bedroom.
The next day, she did mention that she was out of cell phone range, but she had previously told us that she had a team of people managing the rental. It was said in the description that check in is with the doorman, so we expected at least some acknowledgement that we were there. Overall, this made for an uncomfortable stay in an otherwise great home.