4/5 Good
Olivia S.
8 Sep 2021
Minor inconveniences, but overall good stay
Overall, this property was what we were looking for (not a hotel, nearby to restaurants, safer COVID option, etc) with a few minor inconveniences. It came with beautiful fresh flowers throughout the house, and some complimentary waters, stuff to wash our dishes, etc. and the place was very clean (although the house is pretty old, which was clear to us). The host was also pretty quick to respond when we did not know how to lock the door. However, there were a few things that I wish we had known before booking this place.
1) It is above a business. This wasn’t that big of a deal to us, but it mostly caused us trouble when we were initially trying to find the place!
2) It’s upstairs, but WAY upstairs. There were a LOT of steps, and they were very steep (also, side note, be very careful if you have young children… the stairs somewhat cut into the hallway path so it’s a bit dangerous)
3) It seemed as though the host required that we remove our shoes prior to entering the unit (this would have been really nice to know ahead of time… we followed the request, but it was really inconvenient since we have a baby). There was a shoe rack at the entryway where we kept our shoes, but there were also sandals there. Who’s sandals are those? Are those for us to use? And then because of the shoe rack, it was even harder to squeeze by with all our luggage and car seat.
4) The shower head is hanging on the side of the bath area, and when we turned the water off after our showers, the head of the shower fell off the hook and knocked us both in the head (my husband didn’t tell me, so I did this right after he did!)
5) This is not a huge deal, but it was weird… There was only one tall glass and two small glasses available to use.
6) There is one remote for the ceiling fan that is in both rooms. Essentially, if we turned one on, they both turned on.
7) There was NO direction on what we were supposed to do when we left the place. Usually places will say to wash the dishes, put the towels in the washer, etc, but we weren’t given any information like that. We just left it mostly the way we found it, minus a small little trash can that we forgot to take out. But it would have been nice to get more info. This is our first time booking with VRBO so maybe that’s normal, but we usually get more info when we have booked with other companies.
If a lot of this stuff had been communicated beforehand, it wouldn’t have been as annoying, but we enjoyed our stay nonetheless.