The backyard is not a private backyard and the rear entrance, side yard, and driveway are essentially shared with the second home behind this home - this wasn't clear when we rented home. There is no privacy and the tenants in the second home can see you dining and using the backyard shower. During our stay, The tenants behind us also had teenage kids and they constantly walked on the shared driveway in the middle of night (and with the loose stone driveway it made it difficult to relax/sleep). If the owner is going to advertise a private yard, then the yard should be completely fenced off - we were essentially sharing a backyard space with the second home (whose entrance was directly behind our rear entrance).
The house is not "modern" as the owner's post stay follow up letter urges us to say in a follow up review and homeaway. The furniture, lamps, rugs, blinds, etc. were all old and in average to below average condition The couches in the living room were not in particularly good shape, fairly old, and had a musty smell. The beds in each room were very uncomfortable. The kitchen had a leaking ice and water dispenser and the counter tops had ants every morning. Overall, the quality of the house (specifically the interior) doesn't match the rental price.
An adjoining neighbor had parties on most nights and their very bright side and back lights lit up our bedrooms as well the children's bedrooms - making it difficult to sleep each night. The blinds were insufficient to keep the light out.
The backyard shower door was difficult to latch and the shower itself had very little pressure. The patio furniture and chairs were old and antiquated and not very comfortable.
The single toilet in the house had very little pressure and made flushing very difficulty - it seems like the pressure was turned very low or it was a low volume toilet (nevertheless, we often had to leave the toilet full because the toilet lacked the appropriate pressure to flush).
There was a single AC that was not able to cool the entire, single, floor (including the bedrooms). And the rear kitchen door did not have a screen door which made the room stuffy.
In general, we felt the house was not worth the weekly rental price. We tried to contact the owner several times after our stay with the above issues but we received no reply.
