Loved the location of this house. The modern updates in the main living area and the open concept were great, but the bathrooms and the carpeting in the Master bedroom area have seen better days (I am sure the bathrooms were quite nice in the 80s/90s(?)). Also, the cushions on the sofa and large chairs in the living room were dirty and smelled like sweat - yuck!
Check-in is not until 4 p.m. - and they mean it. We arrived around 3:00 p.m. and sent a text to the owner to see if we could get in early - it was a no-go. He expressed concerns that the cleaning people might not have finished and he was afraid of annoying them - apparently, was not concerned about us. It was clear to us from our vantage point in the driveway looking through the large glass windows that the cleaners had already finished and left. However, I chose not to pursue the matter further as we did not arrange for early arrival in advance.
As for the owner, I did not find him to be particularly friendly or welcoming. I sent him a text on the first day with a few questions. His responses were rather abrupt and left me with impression that I was disturbing him. I chose not to bother him again for the rest of the stay. On the second day, he did send an inquiry about our first night - but through the VRBO website (even though we had communicated by text the first day). I did not receive that the VRBO message until after I returned home as I had trouble accessing internet via my phone.
As for check-out, there were laminated instructions left in the property, which we followed. However, the owner sent additional check-out instructions via the website early in the morning on the day of checkout asking us to put towels in the wash and start the machine. We had already left the property before the message was sent, and I did not see it until I got home. Not sure why we would be required to do laundry for the owner while on our vacation, particularly considering the price we paid for this place.
I found the number of instructions (chores) left for guests to be annoying. Chores included taking the garbage bins (filled with garbage from the prior guests) to the curb, chemically treating the hot tub, and, as noted above, doing laundry. My friends and I noted that we would not have been required to do any of these things if we had spent our money on a nice hotel instead. Next time, we will keep that in mind....