The reviews are somewhat accurate. The house is clean and nicely decorated. As we toured the property, the paint and decorations were nice. With that said, I think Alvin and Tony would prefer older couples without children. And it shows in how they communicated with us regarding major concerns.
First of all, our dog sitter had a medical emergency of her own dog. Due to the lack of time to plan an alternative solution, we brought the dog. He stayed in the airbnb for less than 12 hours while an alternative solution was created. Any and all messes by the dog were immediately cleaned. On the other hand, their dog beds were in the laundry room and the downstairs bathroom reeked of dogs.
Secondly, we realized we had 4 towels for 5 adults and 4 children. No washcloths, no pool towels and no hand towels. Plus there was no laundry detergent to wash the towels. Also there was no extra blankets. Not to mention the master bedroom bed was broken. The pool was dirty. The pool table was a nice addition, but 2 of the 3 sticks were broken and the garage was not allowed to be opened.
The neighborhood is not “up and coming,” unless you are getting high. You can smell the recreational activities from the street and you can see the run down compounds have questionable characters living in them. Car alarms are constantly going off and there was at least one fire/ambulance scenario in the house across the street. I think the worst part is that regardless of the owners lack of detail, they will maximize their damages to collect the full $250-$450 (if you smoke) without proof of damages.