Yes, house is secluded, in quiet area and looked clean upon arrival, but….
List 10 beds, upon arrival only 8 bed available that only sleep 10. We had 12 guest and paid for 12 guests. I was not given any notice prior to arrival, even when we had been communicating prior to arriving. Even when I added an additional guest, the day before arriving, he never told us until I contacted him after arriving, then I was told that the previous guest broke 2 beds, so they were removed, but the cushions for both futons were in the closets and could be used. Upon looking at them, they were not clean. So, we had to obtain an air mattress for our family.
Picture show well maintained outside home and yard and landscaping, 10 acres with river for fishing and paths that are accessible. This is not the case. Very limited area to utilize of yard and the area had beer bottle caps everywhere, irrigation lines above ground and laying around, and fire ants everywhere, outside chairs not cleaned from previous guest. Firepit overgrown and could not be used. Front porch had peeling paint and multiple wasp nest. 2 park style charcoal grills, 1 is in ok working condition, the other is all rusted and not usable. Pictures compared to actual situation about multiple years difference and not kept up.
Multiple guests started showing bug bites and we found after the 2nd night, that there were many bed bugs all through the bedroom on first floor. When I reached out to the owner, no response to work to correct or compensate, even after sending pictures.
So instead of coming home and unpacking, we all had to wash everything before we could bring it in our house, clean cars, and everything we had with us plus medicine for our family that were bit. If this was a hotel, I would be demanding our money back, but since the owner will not communicate with us, to make right, I want to share our experience.
I even reached out to VRBO “Stay Neighborly” and received no response back from VRBO or the owner. ☹☹
