Maybe if the pool had actually been heated a day in advance, as the owner had agreed to do (and I sent him a follow up reminder here on VRBO a few days in advance) the owner might have discovered that the heater didn't work. But since he arrived at the same time we did, and it was a holiday weekend, the problems with the heater weren't discovered until we were already there. This was truly sad for us - I never would have rented this house without a heated pool. Our kids were miserable - a pool right there, and too cold to swim in. At first the owner told us that it was our fault because we weren't turning it on correctly. Then when he couldn't turn it on himself, he complained loudly about what this was going to cost him. Well, renting this house without a heated pool cost me a whole lot of money too. It certainly wasn't my fault that it didn't work. And maybe if we'd been able to use the pool, we wouldn't have minded the dishwasher that didn't close properly, the stains on the sofas, the pool table that was unusable because of broken pockets, the foam leaking out of the dining room chairs, the "extra" bedroom that is really an open area at the top of the stairs with a bed in it.

It must have been glamorous once, but it's way past its prime. A chef who cooked for us one night, who has seen dozens of rental houses, looked around and said to us, "Wow, this really needs a makeover." Uh huh.

And were especially unhappy that the "guest cottage on the property" that the owner said he would be staying in was actually an extension of the house. So much for our privacy.

I wouldn't recommend this house.