The house looks just like the pictures and is a very convenient part of town. You can find banks, shopping, restaurants, etc. within like 2 minutes or less. I liked that.
What I didn't like is how the host added additional rules and stipulations stating that it would be a $1,000 penalty if we broke any rule after she never mentioned that in the initial rules I had agreed to. Why not be upfront? We weren't there to break any rules but I would have never agreed to such a steep penalty anyway.
In addition, check-in wasn't that easy. I expected to meet her in town somewhere to later find out that we just needed to check-in ourselves because she lived out of state and someone else would be the emergency contact. She could have told me that from the beginning considering I was coming from so far (24+ hour car ride).
Also, there was a small cockroach under one of the pillows that ran away and the towels were still drying when I arrived. What? Luckily, we travel with disinfectant spray and a lot of our own towels. The icemaker and water dispenser on the fridge do not work. The pillows need some upgrading; they're flat.
We were going to stay here until possibly February but we found a better place that was more honest and fabulous. I wasn't happy that I had to strip the beds for check-out considering I never got dried, folded towels. Our stay could have been better.