Overall this space is great for groups, but there were problems. Firstly, we made every effort to communicate and be respectful and we felt the host was less than welcoming - we did not have the benefit of the doubt. This house fits a large amount of people, naturally those are the bookings that will be received - yet we were immediately met with threats about noise, being “kicked out”, etc. before we even arrived. This caused me anxiety all weekend when I should have been enjoying myself. My friends tried to surprise me with - few guests (professional chef, magician) and reached out to the host (as instructed to do!) and were again met with skepticism and threats about an additional cleaning fee for the stair runners if they wore their shoes (for the record, we pay a substantial cleaning fee anyways, so I will be reaching out to VRBO about this). Overall, the place was not clean, the vents were filthy, the AC didn’t work. When we reached out about the A/C, the host blamed us for having windows open (we would open them at night on the upper levels to cool the house down). One window was incorrectly locked in a position which made it impossible to close, and the host (after trying to blame us for that too) told us to “Chat GPT how to fix it” before telling us the location of the key to fix it. I understand trying to avoid guests throwing parties, but if you’re a host you are in the hospitality industry - treat your guests with respect.