The owner of this property is both disingenuous and, in my opinion, unethical. There were several issues we had with our stay.
The first, and most prevalent is that when we booked the home the listing claimed that the home has four bedrooms. Upon arrival, we realized that—in fact—the home has ZERO bedrooms. It has a poorly refurbished garage that has multiple bunk beds in it. Outside of this, it LITERALLY has three large mattresses on the floor in the loft area that have been separated by curtains. These bedrooms are basically unusable for privacy. You cannot change clothes because you cannot stand up, there is a light that is plugged in and a television that does not work. There was literally no good place on the entire property for my parents to sleep. They had to choose between a garage in the basement, loft beds in separate “homes” that do not have bathrooms AND that you have to climb a ladder to get into, or mattresses on the ground. That is disgraceful.
The second issue, when we booked the property over 8 months ago, we were planning to use the water features in the property. There was a devastating flood in the area, and essentially all the water was dried up. When we got to the property there was no stream, no pond, not even enough water to submerge our feet in. We are from hours away and had heard nothing about the floods, and the waterfront aspect of the property was our main reason for booking this property. The owner did not disclose that there was no water left, though he did send an obscure communication about not being able to use the kayaks, which was not enough information. The ethical choice after the flood would have been to disclose the new information, and either offer the chance to cancel OR to refund a portion of the money. Instead, he chose to ignore it and hope for the best.
Other important notations from this property. The separate cabins have NO BATHROOMS, so people have to walk through pitch blackness to use the bathroom in the middle of the night. There are also security cameras throughout the property both indoors and outdoors, which is incredibly disconcerting as a guest.
When we were able to communicate with the owner after returning from the trip, he basically told my family that it was OUR fault because we did not ask these questions specifically. The misrepresentations of the property, along with the lack of caring and empathy from the owner made this house completely awful