Sally was very friendly and responsive, and the house is in a great location. The house is also a really unique and interesting layout with lots of character.
I actually rented the house for a work offsite for a few of us to gather for meetings, and did not rent it to stay. For our purposes, the house worked.
However, one of our team members planned to stay overnight but decided not to because he didn’t really feel comfortable doing so. It almost felt as if we were housesitting, because many personal belongings remained around the house and in the kitchen, even some children’s shoes sitting at the front door as we arrived which was an odd welcome. There was enough personal items out that we had a hard time packing up and figuring out what was ours and what belonged to the house.
It’s my fault for not fully reading the listing to discover that there is a cat and there are also chickens - we had to communicate with neighbors who were coming over to care for the animals twice a day. This was an inconvenience however luckily the neighbors were really nice.
Overall, we weren’t very impressed with our stay and didn’t feel the state of the house matched up with the pictures, and felt like we paid quite a bit of money for a subpar experience. I hate to leave bad reviews, and again Sally was very kind, but my suggestion would just be to put away personal items when leaving the house and mention the cat/chickens again during the booking process to ensure there are no surprises. I worked at a vacation rental company and I of all people should know to read the listing for details like this, but I along with many others often fail to do that.
Sally, thanks for your kindness and I think with some work your home could be an excellent Airbnb.