Overall, our stay was nice. We stayed there to celebrate another pandemic birthday. The outside space was fantastic although heating the pool to 83-85 would bave been nice. It was always 79-80. The hottub was really hot, got up to 105. Make sure that you plan ahead, hot tub takes 30 minutes to warm. This wasn't inconvenient for us, just a heads up. The fireplace was great. Kids enjoyed the pool for hours. The hot tub is on some kind of weird timer or possibly monitored by the homeowner. We were in the hot tub for hours and it never reset but once we got out to go in the pool it only ran for 15ish minutes before shutting off. You definitely need it to be warm so you can warm up after going in the pool. There were only 3 pool towels. We were happy we brought our own.
Inside the house could have been better. The trash compactor didn't work. There were only 4 forks, be sure to bring additional forks. We had to eat in shifts. It would have been nice to have a cabinet to put our stuff in. All the kitchen cabinets were full. Not a lot of counter space especially when you have to store your food there. The tap water gets so hot it burns you. The temperature was hard to regulate, either scalding or cold. *Tip: in the master bathroom turn the handle upwards to get cold water and down to get hot water.
The homeowner did leave candy treats for us which was lovely but we found candy wrappers from previous guests in drawers and cabinets throughout the entire house.
There must have been some construction happening that we were not informed of because there was a hole in the wall high above the door, not all the heater vents had covers (which were all on the floor), smoke alarms were not installed throughout the house, wires from some of the smoke alarms were visible. The master bathroom had an unfinished cubby and didn't have trim around the ground by the vanity, it was definitely an unfinished project. The rest of the bathrooms seemed new and were quite nice. The carpet in the master also not installed correctly and was lumpy. There was construction tools in the laundry area. The bunk bed was likely unsafe as it was missing boards to hold the upper mattress, both center supports on lower mattress were just rolling around under the bed, the entire bed was very shakey and rickety. After the first night, we didn't use it anymore.
Lastly, the washer and dryer are so loud and can be heard through the entire house. We dried our towels and bathing suits on the first night and it kept our kiddos up. Definitely do your laundry during the day.
All that said, my daughter had a great alligator themed birthday party. We had groceries delivered via instacart on the first and that was amazing! (We cannot do that where we live so this was a luxury for us!)