The host was extremely friendly, attentive, and communicative. He even let us leave a day early and refunded the day after we had a plumbing issue in the downstairs bathroom. The house is large and has a pool table, an arcade machine with many classic games, and a roku tv upstairs. There is also a nice wood pellet heater upstairs that works extremely well once you figure it out (be careful not to heat the house *too* much!)
Unfortunately, we did run into some problems which I feel need to be fixed if I were to ever book it again. First and foremost, all beds are outdated and very uncomfortable. Every adult in the house complained about being unable to sleep, having aches from the beds, or both. The pillows aren’t the best and make it very difficult to properly rest your head. There are more than enough sheets, but not any extra blankets from what I could find. Also, the house isn’t super clean. It isn’t disgusting by any means, but there was a lot of dust on the floors and surfaces. We used the dyson from downstairs to vacuum the floors and it was nearly half full from just the upstairs area.
Some picky things I want to mention: there isn’t really any place to put your coats or wet clothes unless you hang them over the leather couch downstairs. Also, all of the external doors auto lock (and the one leading to the garage), so it’s really easy to accidentally lock yourself out. I managed to avoid it by keeping the doors gapped a little but my dad kept forgetting and had to call us to let him inside. Additionally, the garage smelled like mildew because the water heater leaked and the septic system is very sensitive. Those aren’t the host’s fault necessarily (the explained that the previous guests left the garage open and it froze all the pipes) but I figured it was worth mentioning. Something even more minor is that we couldn’t get the master bedroom’s fireplace to work even after following the instructions that the just left. This might’ve been a user error problem though.
I’m still rating this property five stars because the host was amazing, but I wouldn’t book it again unless the beds were replaced and the leaking water heater issues were fixed. Once those are resolved, we all loved our stay and would bet you’d do the same!