PROS: The house was spacious with a nice entryway, layout and with plenty of beds. The beds seemed comfortable, but slightly worn. The master bedroom closet was AMAZING. The gameroom was a great touch for the kids. (Lots of holes in the walls). The kitchen was very nice with great appliances. The pool was very nice and either pretty new or very well maintained as far as surface and function. It was beautifully constructed! The location is great! Easy to get to, easy to leave. Parking was adequate. Once the AC caught up, was comfortable, albeit the ventilation likely needs cleaned out and/or looked at. Some rooms had poor ventilation while others were blasting.
CONS: Oh boy…
1. Owner/host was parked in the driveway when my dad arrived, we didn’t know who he was and my dad thought we had the wrong house. 2. He remained parked there (where he asked us to park) while playing with his phone (?), my dad cautiously approached the car. We arrived and then he moved and left. 3. The house was VERY hot when we got inside and remained hot for the entire day, evening and night. 4. The decor in some rooms is hideous (weird ceilings) and odd in most. 5. Giant pieces of sharp plexiglass zip tied helter skelter to the balcony. (Potential hazard). 6. Owner showed up unannounced IN THE BACK YARD 30 minutes AFTER we were in the house. My kids saw him as they went to the pool and ran back in yelling. Scared my family half to death. He said he was adding chlorine?! Why didn’t he add chlorine earlier in the day. He asked for my arrival time. Why ask if it doesn’t matter. DO NOT PENETRATE THE PREMISES UNANNOUNCED while guests with young children are present!! I don’t know you?! Back yard? Serious? 7. Pool was still clouded and under chlorinated. 8. Within an hour of being present was made aware of my wife and children (young girls) being spied on via cameras aimed at the pool. Host denied he was spying , but spoke through the camera at my wife and then told me he “saw” her. The cameras have an “on” indicator light. The spying continued for two days until we put a net over the camera. Even AFTER I confronted him about spying. 9. The pool vacuum mysteriously disappeared while I was gone to class and my family was to themselves. (Meaning yard was once AGAIN penetrated by persons unknown at random.). 10. There was no way to lock the gate. 11. This place is NOT SAFE for young children or women!! Period. WAY too much coming and going in the backyard. Why did I stay? It didn’t all happen at once. When I arrived at the conclusion…I didn’t stay idle. AirBnb was made aware of it.
Way too much messaging from the host, way too many calls, way too much intrusion, way too much invasion of privacy. Our stay was 3 nights and he text me check-out instructions the first night at 11pm while I was in bed.
Host is a complete control freak of the property. Wow…
Oh, and the coffee cups were still ringed with coffee and creamer from before… gross…coffee is important stuff.
It was NOT a pleasant stay, or relaxing…never be back here.
I have stayed many nights in AirBnb’s ourselves, with friends (they rented) and it has always been nice and pleasant…we love AirBnb. Never had an experience like this.