The house was basically as advertised on pictures. No hidden surprises: well maintained, pool is nice, great location. We had two small issues with the dishwasher, but both were fixed quickly after contacting the host.
Unfortunately though, we were robbed during our stay - on the second day, we came back to the house from the bike trip to find both front and back doors wide open and some of our stuff missing (jewelry, money, purse). While we realize this is not the hosts' fault, we do wish we were told 3 things upon arrival:
1. We were NOT told there is an alarm in the house and were NOT given a code to arm/disarm. This happened after the robbery. Had we set it up before we left that day, we may have avoided this altogether. If you plan to stay at this house, do ask about the alarm and the codes on the key pickup.
2. We were also NOT told there is a safe in the house, nor we got the keys to open it. We found it by accident after the robbery.
3. We also wish we got some kind of heads up that these things did happen in the past (as host eventually admitted after the robbery). We would definitely be more careful then.
After this incident, the hosts were very helpful - immediately changed the broken locks + finally gave us the alarm codes.