Beautiful home but the cleanliness of it was not up to standard.
Upon arrival I was not sent instructions how to gain access to the premises. Check-in was at 3pm and I arrived around 4pm. I had not received any message with instructions or anything. I reached out via message on my drive over but no response so I called. Vera answered and walked me through gaining access which was difficult in itself because apparently the cleaning crew had locked the gate that they never lock.
When I first walked in I noticed a picture frame on the wall hanging to the right and the entryway rugs rolling up on each corner. The house was really nice and spacious but that was my first impression walking in. I fixed the frame because things like that bother me but couldn’t do anything about the rugs of course. I did a walk through and chose the room I’d be staying in which was the master.
We were there for Thanksgiving so we planned on preparing our dinner. As my sister was bringing things in from the cars I checked under the sink and cabinets to see what we needed. All the pots looked disgusting! I could tell what whoever cooked last cooked in the big pot, the strainer had dried pasta and some yellow stuff on it so right there we knew we wouldn’t be using any of the pots and stuff. My sister was like it’s fine we’ll go get some just get a towel so I can wash the counters and sink down with bleach and soap. I go look in the clean towel bucket and pulled out stained dirty towels. I’m like okayyyy! The sponge that was in the sink was disgusting. It was old and had hair stuck all in it and the rack where you’d put clean dishes was just as dirty. My sister took all of that out of the sink and started cleaning so we could start cooking. There also wasn’t any trash bags so we had to go out and get those too.
In the meantime I went to use the restroom and lifted the toilet seat and there was dried pee drops on the toilet seat. At that point I’m super irritated but thankful I had Clorox wipes. I wiped down everything then when I sat down I realized a blonde hair ball on the bathroom rug in front of the shower. I’m like they couldn’t have cleaned!
Bedding was dirty so I removed it from the bed, thank God we bought our own covers and towels. The water in the master shower wouldn’t drain and that same blonde hair was in the shower too. First night we took lukewarm showers then the next night it was lukewarm to cold in 10 minutes. The master bathroom shower door wouldn’t close all the way. There was dirty stuff left in the washer so we didn’t use it and left everything there. There were belongings from past guests left in the closet. And all of this was blamed on the cleaning crew which it’s partially their fault but there should be check-ins to make sure things are right.
I reached out to Vera and she gave the whole spill about the cleaning crew and how it was a holiday so there wasn’t anything she could do. Then we’re in the kitchen cooking on Thanksgiving and there’s a knock on the screen door. There was a man saying he’s just going to grab something from the backyard. My sister asked who he was and he said one of the owners so I asked him if he could take a look at some of the stuff and the master shower. Now I don’t think anyone should drop by while the house is occupied but I was happy he did because he was able to unclog the shower which had globs of hair and took some pictures of the dirty dishes. I didn’t understand why Vera didn’t pose reaching out to him as an option instead of saying it was a national holiday and nothing she could do but I’m glad he stopped by.
Needless to say, book at your own risk! If you’re not big on cleanliness then this is the perfect location. The views were nice and neighborhood is quite. The house is cold and could some weatherstripping but again if that doesn’t bother you perfect location.