The pros: The house itself was as pictured, although a bit more rustic than we had thought. House was easily accessible and well-appointed. Reasonably clean.
The cons: At least one of the bedroom doors would not close all the way. The biggest con was that the front door “smart” lock kept automatically unlocking one night. We ended up taking the batteries out so that it would stay locked. I notified the property manager and we agreed that she would have the door fixed after our stay since it was not an emergency. One day while we were out, however, the owner came into the house without our knowledge and fixed the door. He was at minimum in the front room and kitchen; who knows where else. It was quite unnerving to return to find that our space had been entered without agreeing to this- this is against policy. The property manager apologized but frankly, that doesn’t seem quite enough. I didn’t hear a thing from the owner, despite he being the perpetrator of this invasion of privacy/ breach of contract. In summary, I wouldn’t seek out his vrbo again due to the fact that the owner came into the home without our knowledge. This was a new property on vrbo and perhaps the owner doesn’t know the rules, but I wouldn’t risk being in that situation again considering we had small children in our group.