The house ad and description did not match up with our experience. Our problems were the following.
- The porch light did not work and we entered the home in the dark every night.
- The furnace was slow to warm the house. We didn’t get there until late on Christmas Day and the house was freezing. There was also a window left open. We slept in the back room and were very cold that night. We had to get up and put additional clothing on. There were no extra blankets available in the house.
- The back room in general did not heat well. Even when the rest of the house warmed up, the back room stayed cold. The air coming out of the vent was minimal and only slightly tempered.
- The sofa in the living room is pretty gross. There are a bunch of stains on it and we refrained from sitting on it. It seems like a simple steam cleaning could resolve this.
- An additional curtain in the back bathroom was added, I assume because of construction. It is entirely too small and was hung with tape that has failed. If construction had been going on while we were there, we would have been using the bathroom in plain sight of people in the backyard.
Lastly, we missed it but pay particular attention to the detail in the listing that construction is going on in the backyard. We were there over the Christmas holiday so no activity was going on. But, they are building a significant addition and during a normal week, construction activities will be occurring during the week, as early as 8:00a. Note that the driveway is roped off and not for use so we parked in the street.
Overall, the experience was okay. It could have been better with some simple upkeep and maintenance.