Traveling in corona times is always an adventure. For Christmas, my husband and I flew to Texas and chose Jeremy’s house to quarantine for 2 weeks before staying with my parents.
There are a lot of things that are awesome about the house. The check-in process was very easy and Jeremy was always really responsive. There was a lot of space and it was easy for the two of us to work remotely, cook, and chill outside. It was in a great location as well, and if we weren’t quarantining we would have visited the many restaurants and sites close by. The mattress in the master bedroom is also incredibly comfortable.
The not so great thing was that the house wasn’t cleaned very well. During corona, I find that to be particularly frustrating. The laundry machine was really grungy with black stuff all around the opening, along with clumps of hair, dirty clothes in one of the cabinets, hair in the shower, trash under the beds, the silverware drawer was dirty, the fridge hadn’t been cleaned, broken glass on the porch, a used bandaid next to the bed, some of the dishes hadn’t been cleaned well, and when I opened the blinds in the master bedrooms there were dead bugs lined all along the bottom. After a week I realised that one of the windows had been kept opened a few inches the entire time. So, it was obvious that the place hadn’t been properly cleaned or checked, since there was also no hairdryer.
Jeremy was apologetic and offered to send over a cleaner and replace the hairdryer. However, because of corona, I didn’t want to have someone in the house and my parents had an extra hairdryer. I asked for a discount on the cleaning fee (which was $200) and he never responded after that. Actually, he sent an automated message stating that if I don’t plan to give him 5 stars, to let him know. I asked him to please respond to my request for a discount on the cleaning fee, and it’s now been several days and no response.
All in all, the house is great. However I am shocked he’s a “super host” because it was not handled in a professional way.