When we drove up the yard was completely dead. It did not give that street appeal that I as a Realtor encourage in my listings.However, when we went inside, we were pleasantly surprised to find a nicely renovated home with clean interior.The kitchen was nice but lacked some basic amenities like a cheese grater, mixing bowls. a potato masher, and other usual kitchen items. These are dollar store items and can be purchased easily. Nice touches such as spices and olive oil made cooking appeal. A washer, dryer was great! Sugar and flour would have been nice too--again, store items. I realize that not everybody cooks but I do. I have a condo in the mountains that I rent, and I try to make it "feel' like home" by having these basic things on hand, including plastic wrap, aluminum foil etc.I think that is the reason that people rent houses--not stay in a hotel. We had a family member in the Parkview hospital, and this was convenient to it.The check in was a bit awkward and to check in early we had to pay an extra 130. I thought that was outrageous and have never encountered that in all the VRBOs I have stayed in--including the very excellent B and B we had to move to after the snafu about an extended stay here.In my opinion, this home and the suggestions I made above including a better street appearance, would make this a very desirable place for travelers.