Like any place, there are pros and cons.
PROS: Maggie is quick to respond if you have a question. Asked if we could check in a little early and check out an hour later and wasn’t a problem which helped with our schedule. The backyard was nice to enjoy, play and take pictures in. The overall layout of the villa worked well. It was convenient to have rooms with multiple beds and then other rooms with more privacy with a queen/king bed for couples. During our stay, the weather was a bit cold and we were unable to swim in the pool but was nice to have. We did not personally use but there are speaker systems outside you can play music at and a small gym inside is nice as well.
CONS: as you can see in the description, there are many rules she wants followed and can be hard to remember them all. I understanding wanting to keep the house clean and not being loud, but stating time slots when to use the dish washer is a little excessive and even uncomfortable you may be not following the rules when you’re just trying to relax.
Also, as stated in the description, there should be basic essential kitchen supplies, however items were missing. There was no cooking oil as stated there would be and when this was brought up nothing was done. We had to go to the store and get items I feel like we shouldn’t need to purchase when paying over 2,000$ for the weekend.
We were given 2 trash bags for the entire kitchen for 3 days for 16 people, we had to go and buy extra bags. We wanted to bake some easy frozen items in the oven but The kitchen does not have any baking sheets to put them on. There was also no paper towels provided( another thing we had to purchase on our own), no sponges for the sink to clean with, no spray to keep the counters clean, we ran out of toilet paper by the time we left, there were no cutting boards to cut things on, and other small annoyances that I feel could be solved with a quick trip to Costco buying items in bulk like trash bags, sturdy pans, paper towels, and other essentials you don’t want to worry about when on vacation.
Next, most of the time beds are not comfortable when traveling and all beds were pretty firm as expected. There was also one broken bed downstairs in the big bedroom that the frame was broken on but luckily no one needed to use it. Lastly, on the description there are beds described as full beds and they definitely were just twins, two people could not fit on them especially adults.
Overall, for the price this place could have some improvements but it was nice to have a place with a big group. There are some extra amenities that make the villa fun like a pool table, fooseball, basketball court and a pool all to yourself. If the host would add more kitchen essentials and relax certain rules, it would be a 5/5 Airbnb. Anyways, Appreciated the stay regardless!