4/10 Poor
Margot M.
9 Aug 2024
Liked: Check-in, location
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stunning setting, filthy house
You’ll need to balance the tremendous pros versus the depressing cons of this house: Pros: an incredibly beautiful setting on a quiet pond with a private dock and canoe, rowboat, and bodyboards. Cons: the house was filthy, with black mold in the dishwasher and fridge, cobwebs everywhere including INSIDE the kitchen cabinets (some containing dead spiders), and grime and food in the kitchen drawers. The owner was responsive when the wifi went out but not when, on the last day, we asked for a refund for the cleaning fee; he ghosted us and has ever since. Perhaps if we’d mentioned the roach on the kitchen door he might have, but at the time it seemed like piling on. When VRBO contacted him to follow up, he claimed we trashed his place, though we’d returned the boats, beach chairs etc. to where we’d found them, made the beds, left no dirty dishes, emptied the dishwasher, etc. We’ve rented on the Cape through VRBO for over 15 years, know the drill, and have never had a problem or made a complaint--but also never encountered a house like this. (Also, we saw no evidence of a hot tub, though the listing says there is one.)
Margot M.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024
