House was great, kitchen/baths very nice. Main part of house is big open room w/vaulted ceilings. Plenty of space for my family (group of 8) and had everything we needed. One thing to note: you only get the top part of a bi-level house (and one bdrm/bath of the lower part). The bottom part of the house is a separate apartment that the owners (or their fam/friends) stay in. This was not divulged in the listing upfront. We only found out the day before our trip, where it was stated on check-in instructions. This was not so much an issue for us, but we felt that it was wrong not to clearly state this upfront in the listing. Also, since it’s not technically an “entire place”, but only half of the house, we felt it should have been lower priced than other “entire places” in the area, but it was actually the most expensive out of all the options we were looking at. We own a VRBO ourselves down in Denver and I manage several for other owners, so I am particularly bothered when I see other owners doing something I don’t find right. I expressed this to Mateo, he apologized and said he arranged to have the apt be vacant during our stay. I told him that wasn’t really necessary but we did appreciate him trying to remedy the situation, however, we would have just preferred if it were stated in the listing so we could have known before making a decision to book. We likely still would have booked, but to find out after booking (and the day before our trip no less), was pretty frustrating. It’s not as if we planned to be extremely loud, but we did have a child (my son) who likes to run/jump around and can be pretty loud at times. Feeling like we were going to have to shush him a lot to avoid bothering the owners or others below us was not ideal. Also, the pinball machine- we thought it was awesome they had it there, my brother and my son loved playing it, however it is EXTREMELY loud. And the echo-ey room made it even louder. I can’t imagine it not being super annoying for anyone who might be in the apt below. If it wasn’t vacant I likely would have never let them play it, rendering it useless. Also with the big open room, any sounds (talking, tv, cooking) were amplified even to the bdrms down the hall. So anyone who wished to go to bed before others would be kept up by sounds of others still awake. Overall the place was great other than these issues. I just hope they will state this in the listing now so others aren’t surprised with it at last minute.
