The location is great. Right on the canal, great local restaurants. Easy access to the highways. The house needs a repair man for about two full days. I stay at vacation rentals throughout the year. I also own a rental. I would not rent out this house if it were mine until the repairs we completed.
I do have photos and written correspondence with the owners.
I will simply list the problems.
1. No chemicals in the pool. Each day it got greener with algae. The last day of five, I didn't want to swim in it. The pool does not look like the photos...I have photos...the pool is green with algae. This was unacceptable.
2. No light bulbs in the Murphy bed room. The light switch does not work, the light remote did not work. The owners did put two light bulbs in, after I wrote them, and then told me I had to screw in each bulb to turn the lights on and off. Good thing I'm 6 feet 2, in order to reach the light bulbs.
3. Desks are bare of varnish and scratched up. Looks like Dorm furniture.
4. Plaster in the bathroom is falling off the walls and in the shower area.
5. Huge blue and green stains on the bed comforter. It simply needs to be replace. It was gross. My daughter wouldn't have it on the bed.
6. Broken hinges on the kitchen cabinets.
7. Seriously stained and torn cushions on the outdoor furniture. They simply need to be replaced.
8. The Kayak was full of dirty brown water and algae. It had not been cleaned in a long time. It would require a major cleaning to use.
I would never rent out this house in this condition if I owned it. These are all easy fixes...but the owners obviously do not want to put any money into fixing these items. The pool algae and the stains and ripped cushions and the bedroom furniture are just unacceptable.
Some positives: they upgraded the master bedroom. Extremely nice. It makes the rest of the house look badly worn.
Very nice kitchen appliances.
Very quiet neighborhood.
Would I stay here again? Not unless all these issues were remedied.