I hosted Thanksgiving here for my family and they had a good time. Positives about this house are that it is roomy & there are quite a few different places to hang out. Communication with these guys was good beforehand & check in was easy. TV's in the living room & downstairs were nice, we brought an XBox for the kids. The living room is nicely decorated. Pets are allowed, but I didn't see where to add pets in the checkout, so I was billed for that afterwards. I now realize you have to add them when you are initially putting in the info, not afterwards. This was my first VRBO, so lesson learned. Also, one of my dogs broke out with some strange rash on her muzzle from the yard. There was straw covering the grass so I'm not sure if there was a chemical in the yard that caused it. Who knows, maybe she is allergic to hay/straw so beware of that if your dog has allergies/skin sensitivity.
Pre-Thanksgiving issues: The home was clean on the surface, but the kitchen needs some work. I had to clean the floor because my socks were filthy from walking on it. Every single dish in the kitchen needed to be rewashed to be usable and the pots and pans were unusable since they were all nonstick with the nonstick scraped off. There was coffee grounds in the machine and toast crumbs under the toaster and the utensil drawers were a jumbled mess with food crumbs in there as well.
The spring mattresses in the 2 bedrooms are cheapy and uncomfortable and they also need to clean out under the beds. Carpets looked nice, however.
I was sent a bill for getting wine on a dish towel and accidentally breaking a cheap tchotchke in the kitchen. I can't say how much because I'm not allowed to in the review, but it was petty and I emailed him when I left the home to inform him of these things thinking that was the right thing to do. I should have just thrown those two items the trash and they would have been none the wiser, but I really did not think in a million years that be sent a bill for something so frivolous considering all the washcloths and dish towels already came with their own stains. I was also given a 3 stars for cleanliness when in all honesty, I left it cleaner than when I got there, but it is what it is, my word against theirs. My mom being a mom told me to take pictures of everything just in case, but I didn't. Another lesson learned. In summary, a nice place to hang out, but be extra careful about every single thing or a bill is in your future.