I went back and forth with choosing the rating for this listing. First let me say the host, Joe, was excellent. His communication was perfect and he was quick to answer any questions that I had. While we were at his place there was a bit of a storm and the cable/internet went out and Joe helped us get to a resolution as soon as I reached out. If this rating were just about the host it would definitely be 5 stars.
The house, however, was quite disappointing to me and my family. There were six of us and this house is TINY. We made it work of course but there was definitely a moment when I checked to see if there was another Air BnB that we could get last minute. This place should probably house 5 people max. One of us actually ended up sleeping on the couch each night because the bed was not comfortable to fit two people. When we first walked in there was a stale, musty smell in the air. Very unpleasant. Then as we walked around a bit more we realized that we had some cleaning to do. Both the fridge and the pantry had random items in it that looked like it was just leftovers from the previous guest, half empty bottle of soda and grapefruit juice, a corner of vodka chilling in the freezer as well as ice chips strewn all over the freezer bottom. It was just a random collection of items, clearly not intentional for future guests, just whatever was left behind. The outside space was completely covered in foliage, debris, and bird poo. Like nobody had been back there to tidy up in weeks. We had to sweep the porch and patio tables and chairs. We started to clean off the bird poo but then just decided to get a tablecloth to cover it up. The towels had marks on them like maybe somebody used them to clean makeup off their face and the wash didn’t get the stains out which prompted us to run them all through the wash again. Trying to wash the items led us to the realization that there was no laundry detergent there. When we went out we had to purchase that as well as paper towels, the tablecloth for the patio table and of course a candle to cover the musty smell. The best way I can describe this place overall is bare bones which is certainly not what I was expecting after reading all of the great reviews. If I was with a bunch of my college friends for a girls weekend or something it probably would have been fine but it was below expectations for my family and I was kind of embarrassed to have picked it.