We picked this home away from home based on several factors. It was close to Legoland--the location could not be beat for that! The home was clean and uncluttered...very neat. The tangerine tree in the back yard was something the children enjoyed.
There is plenty of closet space and the closets do have hangars. The master mattress is very hard. The double on the bunk bed is much softer, if that is something that matters to you. I wish I had figured that out sooner. The bathroom in the master bedroom is very, very small. Anyone with mobility issues would have difficulty using the commode in that bathroom. The shower, though, is nice and big, and once you figure out how to turn on the hot water, there is plenty of it.
The listing advertised a fully stocked kitchen, and the house sleeps 10. There is not enough silver wear for 10 people. The kitchen lacked a kitchen towel and pot holders. It also lacked simple things necessary for basic cooking for a family: a mixing bowl, a measuring cup, a mixing spoon. We mixed pancake batter in a pot, guessing at the water to powder ration, and dipped it out with a coffee cup. The kitchen is equipped with a blender, a Nutribullet, and a coffee maker--which are very nice to have. The welcome book says that they provide dish soap and dish washer detergent. There was no dish washer detergent. It was, overall, the most poorly stocked VRBO kitchen we have ever used.
The owner did apologize for the inconvenience of the items that were missing. He was very nice, and I expect that the issues we mentioned to him will be fixed before the next people rent the house.
They do expect that all the dishes are washed and put away. We did wash them in the dishwasher, but we could not put them away before the wash cycle was finished due to the 10 AM checkout time.
The thing that bothered us the most, though, was that the front shutters are metal and locked. If a fire had happened, we would not have been able to exit the front bedrooms. The pictures show sunlight coming through the windows...if we had known about the shutters, we would have chosen somewhere else to stay. It simply is not safe to not be able to exit in case of a fire, and it felt a little claustrophobic to be locked in like that with darkened windows.
Overall, it is a nice house, and the owners do seem to want to improve the experience. We would consider staying there again if they fixed the shutter issue and stocked a few more kitchen basics.