This was a fabulous property (I'm quite picky!). It was very clean with nice bedding, a huge kitchen, plenty of (clean, nice) kitchen supplies, and of course the decks with stunning views of the city. Details were very well thought out to make everything run smoothly -- there was well-placed house information, labeled remotes with logins to streaming services that just worked, USB and regular plug chargers by both sides of every bed, and bath supplies. The game room was super fun for the family with darts, shuffleboard, foosball, and ping pong, as well as board games. I also *really* appreciated the easy check-out process that contributed to it feeling like a real vacation -- no request to take out the trash, strip the beds, or start laundry -- just to have the dishes in the dishwasher. This also gave me confidence that they have a good cleaner vs relying on guests to do the heavy lifting (which always makes me nervous about cleanliness). In addition, paper towels, toilet paper, soap/dish soap and tissues were supplied -- also such a nice touch to make things easy on the guests! My kids were ready to move in, and I was just appreciative that even with our stay being a short one, we could spend the vast majority of our time enjoying the property and the deck views, not setting up and cleaning up.
Chad was very communicative and proactively reached out throughout to make sure I had all the information I needed and knew he was available in case there was anything we needed.
We went for the 4th of July to view fireworks, and while we were able to see many distant shows across the city, note that there was not a view of the main city fireworks show (in case anyone else is thinking of going for that reason).
My only mild complaint is that for people sensitive to smells (like I am), there was a very strong "air freshener" type of smell that hit me as soon as I opened the door -- it's possible they had a bad guest who smoked before us despite that clearly being against the rules (it had that "cover up" smell) and that this might not normally be an issue, but if I stayed again (which I wouldn't hesitate to do), I would reach out and see if it were possible to avoid that. We were able to air it out pretty effectively by opening windows and such, so I didn't feel a need to reach out to the host.
