-Overall, the house did its job. However, for a more complete view of the experience please continue to read.
-House has a mild stench, could be unnoticeable to some. But our group could tell, especially once returning back to the house from being out all day.
-House truly needs an overall clean and some TLC. The floors in all rooms were mildly sticky and grimy. We ended up trying to clean the floors but it really needs a deep clean. We did not enjoy being barefoot in the house.
-Water from the fridge proved to be not drinkable. Either the filter was old or just broken.
-Many things look to need repairs in the house. Including the ceilings, the shower nozzle, and more.
-In general it just seems that the house was tidied up, ie things were put away, but all surfaces and floors needed a definite wipe down that hadn’t been done for maybe over a month (estimated).
-No dish soap was provided.
-It’s obvious that the hosts live in the house so it can feel like an invasion of privacy when using the fridge or bathroom and their personal belongings, food, liquor, personal mail, even car keys were laying around.
-Door lock on the front door was not installed well. With some precise maneuvering, the door does lock, but the lock only goes in about a quarter inch into the latch so it felt a little sketchy trying to make sure the door was locked each night.
-Backyard was overgrown and needed to be mowed.
-Host comments: James was an ok host. He had let us know he was dealing with a family emergency that weekend so we afforded him the grace that that provides. But it felt like there were a few minor inconveniences that could’ve made our stay better. He let us know that we could use the garage if he wasn’t putting his cars in it, but a couple days prior let us know that we would not be able to use the garage, even though it was empty while we stayed there. We were not provided extra toilet paper and had to go grab some ourselves. My last thing: and there’s nothing wrong with this, but from our communication, it did sound like the host self cleaned the house for our stay rather than using a service. He also requested extra money for cleaning when we added more guests, even though the amount was still under the amount of guests allotted at the home. For having to pay extra money towards cleaning, it was disappointing that the place wasn’t properly cleaned for our stay.