4/10 Poor
Eric V.
8 Apr 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Listing accuracy
Can’t recommend - walls are way too thin and I felt like I was in the family’s house (because I was)
Owners were nice, but this place is borderline as a VRBO. You don’t get “the whole house” just a room in a house with a bathroom, a closet, and a makeshift kitchenette and small fridge in the closet. It has its own entryway, but it’s basically a glorified bedroom in a home with extremely poor sound insulation.
Shortly after checking in, I heard a ton of noise from inside the house - first footsteps from what sounded like teenagers clomping over my head. Then I heard laughter and conversation from a door and it sounded like the family’s kitchen is literally on the other side of this door. I heard the family speaking at full volume, opening the refrigerator, etc. Worse, at around 3:00 in the morning I could clearly hear a woman speaking to someone.
An intermittently rattling ceiling fan topped my nearly sleepless night.
If this was a truly separate space from the house (garage apartment, separate studio, etc.), I wouldn’t mind. I’ve stayed in several STR units like this. But didn’t want to hear the family’s dinner conversations, the refrigerator door open and close, kids running, laughing, playing, etc.
Basically the place does not feel private because you can hear what’s going on in the rest of the house and they can hear you, too.
I don’t like writing this review but I would never ever stay here again, even for free, and I wish some of the reviewers had mentioned just how little privacy you get with this place. I hope they reconsider using the space as a VRBO.
Eric V.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
