I notified the owner that I would be having people over for a gathering on the first night we booked. Unfortunately, the trash bins outside of the house were full when we arrived so all of the trash from the gathering and from us staying in the home had to be placed next to the bins outside.
I received a message from the owner (during our gathering on the first night) that he had driven by and noticed that one of the guests had "parked in the grass". I immediately went outside to check it out and get whoever to move their car because that is quite disrespectful and unacceptable. When I went outside, I saw the car he was speaking of, which had two tires on the grass about a foot. Yes, I made them more it immediately. However, if he would have told me about the parking across the street prior to everyones arrival, I would have informed everyone of where they could park. I did apologize via message and let him know I would have them move asap... I heard nothing in reply. Overall, communication was lacking and instructions were not clear regarding anything with the house. Even the questions I asked prior to our arrival were never answered and I had to ask for the lockbox code to get in the home well after the check-in time.
There was a guy there when I arrived to the home, who was very nice and showed us around outside. When I made comment that I had not heard from the owner, he seemed somewhat shocked, so this may just be a single instance. Still, even with the home being nice for very small family gatherings, I would not plan on staying here again. I just didn't like not being informed of anything or thinking that someone was watching us while we were in the home.
Also, with check-out being at 11, he text me at 9:45 am, "Can you let me know when your out this morning i need to get my cleaning crew in there i have new guest arriving this afternoon.". This is fine, if he would have been open with everything else, but this was just a weird interaction. AND we had until 11 am. Because I got this message I hurried everyone out and told him we had left by 10:15... he replied "Thanks" at 10:45. So, he basically hassled us for an extra 15 minutes of clean time. Kind of ridiculous.