Communications with the host, excellent. I'd give him 6 stars if that option was available.
The home is beautiful, inside. The refrigerator with the fancy twin-door on the right side is really neat, for easy access to cold drinks. The home also has two TV's, with electric theatre chairs too.
The reasons that we can't give it (cleanliness of property) 5 stars are two:
The home didn't have a soft water system, and the water is very hard. I should mention that the host (Mike) said that he is considering having soft water installed.
The beautiful home has a large mesquite tree in the front yard that continually drops pods and leaves all over the yard, driveway and into the front door entrance. It is really messy! The tree also drips sap onto that side of the driveway, so we couldn't park one of our cars there.
If you only have one or two vehicles, just park inside the garage or on the other side of the driveway.
The neighborhood is wonderful (and quiet), the view out the back porch is great (no homes out there, just pretty desert).
The neighbors on either side are very nice.