NOT A PRIVATE LOCATION. More like a motel. Should not be included in the search when looking for entire house to yourself. Was going for a private vacation with my girlfriend and ended up having noisy neighbors all weekend in the pool two feet from our room. The walls are paper-thin so even while we're watching a movie together we would hear the other rooms partying or slamming doors in the middle of the night. It was so loud one night that I thought someone broke into our location.
The host was not very accommodating either.They at first tried to sell us on booking an extra day the day before of our originally scheduled date because they had an opening. We respectfully declined because our schedules wouldn't allow it and then they denied us checking in 30 minutes early. The communication was mediocre.
AND BEWARE: The host only answered questions they felt like answering. The first two nights the air conditioning mysteriously kept getting turned up to 75 degrees In the middle of the night..It's one of the thermostats that can be controlled remotely through an app. The first two nights my girlfriend woke up in the middle of the night sweating because of this. Not exactly what you expect on a vacation. When I asked if they were changing it themselves they completely ignored the question and asked if we wanted somebody to interrupt our vacation to check out the thermostat, when there was nothing wrong with the thermostat. It became even more obvious that they were changing it remotely because after I complained it never happened again, BUT the host did proceed to tell us NOT to turn the thermostat down below 72! Imagine! in South Florida. IN THE SUMMER! we live in Miami and know how bad it can get. Asking someone staying in Florida in the summer but not to turn the AC below 72 is criminal.
I Also sent numerous texts asking for help with the TV because we were trying to order a Pay-Per-View event to our own accounts. And the host completely ignored our texts. we ended up watching the UFC pay-per-view events on my laptop. The next day, the host didn't even mention the ignored texts or apologize for not responding.
All in all it could have been a much better experience if the ad wasn't so deceiving in making you think you're going to be alone. It's a very sketchy, "read the fine print" kind of situation to let you know you're not going to be alone, even though in the search for 'private home' it comes up. Definitely felt swindled and would not recommend this location to anybody looking for a secluded getaway. This is more comprable to a hostel.
and the deceitful way the host kept changing the thermostat in the middle of the night WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING was the final straw for us. the way they wouldn't admit they were doing this was flagrantly disrespectful of our own needs