First I must say that we have plenty of AirBnb experience and I have never left a negative review as it is never my intention to ruin someone's business that they worked hard on building. However, I feel it is our duty to warn other people who may potentially want to stay there.
First thing first: If you have a dog or any pet really please be aware that they use rat poison on the property. Our neighbors (we shared the backyard with them) dog DIED while we were staying there and the vet said as soon as he saw the body that it is due to the rat poison. We have two dogs and after that happened were living in fear for them for the rest of our time there. We watched them like hawks and didn't let them out of our sight but I'm sure if you have a dog you know how easily they can get into stuff. You can see a review from February of this year where is says that the owner himself told one of the guests there is a rat problem so there are rat traps (which we saw) and RAT POISON.
The person who took over the business after the owner, Eric died -Joey lied to us and told us there was NO rat poison when very clearly we can now see that there is.
This brings me to the next issue: RATS. I wake up very early and a rat came out of the bathroom as I was sitting on the couch drinking my coffee and looked at me for a minute till it ran INTO the bathroom.
Next up: The fridge is not cold. It ruined our food that we bought. Joey agreed to pay for it. There is a small fridge outside which we ended up using after realizing this which works better.
The place is quite dark and even though there's some light it's not exactly comfortable to be cooking in very dim light.
The shower: The water got to warm but definitely not hot. This was a shame. We got into the heated pool on our first morning there and though it was pretty cold outside we thought we'd just jump into a hot shower after the swim. Nope. That didn't happen. If it's warm outside we would be ok with the not-so-hot shower but it was in the 60s the first few mornings there so it was an inconvenience.
The backyard was amazing. It's a shame the rest of the stay was not. It really feels tropical, the pool was heated the first two days when it was chilly and then it was not after that. There are nice hammocks and a bbq grill which we enjoyed using.
Cooking inside was a bit problematic because of how dim it is.
Honestly, I would not go there again if nothing else for the fear for my dogs. Everything else I could handle, even the rat, but I could never put my beloved puppies at risk like that, and Joey's lying was definitly not cool.