First, the positives: lots of light in the house, gas stove, easy to use kitchen, only 12 minutes to campus. Safe, quiet neighborhood. Each morning, we saw a herd of deer who bedded down for the day in the backyard. That was cool.
the negatives: you will hear every noise made in this house. I slept in the upstairs larger bedroom. If any door opens, if anyone coughs, if anyone walks in front of the bathroom, or opens a cupboard door, you will hear every noise. It will sound like a heard of elephants is ransacking the house below. Forget a peaceful sleep if someone needs to wake up at a different time than you. I got up and asked my friend what she did at 6:30 am. Her response, "I turned on some light switches."
Part of the noise problem is the house has very few rugs or furnishings on the walls. There is nothing to absorb the sound. There is no soul to the place (no decorations except for a few painted canvases a child has done).
The second bathroom is in the basement - deeply so. Not particularly useful for 4 people, if many of them have trouble with stairs.
The ugly: we almost fell many, many times on the sheer ice that surrounded the house. Only the steps have snow removal. The rest of the property coated in a thick layer of beaten down snow and ice. When asked to help us with this (sand, carpet scraps, salt, anything?) the third party management company said they would speak with the home owners. That was it.
The towels are TINY - like the ones I had when I was a poor, 18 year old xollege student.
The couch in the living room had no pillows. It was just rough and not homey.
This is a no-frills stay. The upstairs bedroom had no art or decorations on the walls. There is no heart or soul in this home.
I thought that I would be renting from the home owners, which was why I chose this listing, but know that you will be renting from a third party management company. So, do not expect the mom-and-pop, personal experience that you would expect from a typical Airbnb experience.