Overall, exactly what I expected. Beautiful location. Neighbor a bit aggressive, but I understand.

The house is adorable and in a great location. While most things were clean, it could use a deep clean -- especially the walls, doors, and curtains which none seemed very clean. With property on the water, I expect a few bugs, but found several spiders in the house. We were given details instructions on parking but never found any of the landmarks given nor did the email have a photo attachment as indicated. We messaged the host to ensure where we parked was ok and never received a response (this was a 3 night stay). We also messaged for checkout instructions which I couldn't locate in the listing - no response. I'm glad we didn't have a timely, major issue. While I was completely expecting the walk/stairs to the property from the parking area, if you have any mobility issues or small children this will be very difficult. The stairs are steep, slick when wet, narrow, and old! Parking is on a very busy street making unloading/loading a little challenging. The house itself has everything you need and the views are absolutely amazing. The deck and "shore area" is extremely small, but we enjoyed having coffee and lunch on the deck. The location is perfect to explore Ithaca. What we loved best: location and view. The most disappointing: complete lack of communication from the host, areas of the house needing a deeper clean, spiders. Things that didn't bother us but renters need to understand: The difficulty of parking and getting to the unit.

The house was more spacious than I expected. It was clean and welcoming. It was great to be on the water, and I went for nice kayak. The parking requires walking along the edge of a busy street.

Needs some extra cleaning. There were large cobwebs in the windows and ceiling. One spare pillow to use for the pull out couch was filthy and no pillow case on it. There was a load of laundry in the dryer. Coffee maker has probably never been cleaned- had to brew just water through it 6x before it got clear. Melted ice-cream cake in the freezer.Location was great and it's a cute little house but I wouldn't recommend because it's dirty.