On the day we arrived, the street was so flooded in front of the house that it seemed unsafe to drive through to get to the driveway. We couldn’t walk behind the car to get to the trunk unless we pulled up close to the storage filled garage. The flood water came all the way up to the garage. The flooded yard lasted all 4 days that we were there. It subsided a bit on the 2nd day to where we could walk all the way around the car.
We walked in through the backyard. It was not landscaped at all. There were weeds growing everywhere. There was huge piles of lizard poop around the pool that had been there a while. The lawn tables and chairs were not in a neat and organized order as if people had just gotten up and left things as they were.
When we entered the house it looked really nice. It is very spacious and bright. We walked around and noticed several broken blinds, stained ceilings that once leaked were noticeable in several rooms, some rooms/bathrooms were missing lightbulbs, and the microwave was missing the entire handle to open it with.
We had to prop a chair against the dryer because it wouldn’t stay shut. And then, the worst part, THE ROACHES. We noticed roaches in the kitchen and hall where the washer/dryer are. That’s when i sent a message. At that point we had been in the home for about 4-5 hours. I let the host know about all of the issues, he said “no problem, I’ll send my guy to fix everything in the morning.” Sure enough morning came and so did his guy. The guy could not speak English at all, luckily our group included some Spanish speakers to explain our issues. He fixed our dryer by explaining that we need to slam it. He put lightbulbs in, he told us to open the microwave by prying it open from the bottom and said they spray for roaches each week.
The host said other guests broke the standard blinds and due to covid it takes a long time to get more.
Overall the house was not clean at all. The floors don’t look as if they had been mopped in a while. Dirt/dust was in all the corners. The furniture was very tattered and did not match. The bedding was very cheap from the dollar store. All of the beds were super hard and very uncomfortable. This place is definitely not how it looks in the pictures. The house is very old with windows that are broken. It is not worth the money at all.