Our second time visiting Iceland together we decided to not stay in the city and chose this vacation rental. Our goal was to find a quiet, beautiful setting in a central location to most of Southern Iceland's attractions. Also, the house rental was less expensive for 4 people than 2 rooms at a 4 star hotel. These goals were absolutely accomplished!

We loved the peaceful setting, great views and extra space the home rental provided. During our 5 day stay, we were able to see so many amazing attractions within driving distance during a day trip. The positive features of the house included 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a fully equipped kitchen, a wrap-around deck with awesome views and a glass-covered hot tub. There is room to sleep up to 8 and plenty of space for dining and relaxing.

Now for the reason I only rated it 3 stars. This house does have WIFI contrary to the statement by the owner in Homeaway. I don't understand this. Is it a guarded secret? The password is in the Guest Book. You have to find it for yourself pretty much the same as operating the appliances, hot tub, door locks, t.v, music and video. Sorry but these things are not obvious to people from other countries where things are designed differently. The owner provides little or no instruction.

The satellite tv did not work our entire stay. The front door would not lock. The owner provided 2 bath towels for 4 people and 1 pillow case per person. There were 8 pillows in the house but you better bring your own towels and linens since the pillows are very worn and soiled and you will not nearly have enough dry towels if you shower and use the hot tub the same day. And speaking of soiled, the owner did communicate that housekeeping is not included in the rent so we must clean up after ourselves. We did a minimal amount of cleaning and left the place cleaner than we found it. The floors looked like they had been smeared with a cold dirty mop before our arrival and I could not estimate the last time the house was thoroughly dusted. I wouldn't leave my own home in this condition when having guests and certainly not if they were paying me for their stay.

So the bottom line is this, we enjoyed our stay. We made due by bringing our own towels and wished we had brought some pillow cases. This house is a good choice if you want to see Southern Iceland by car and you bring some of your own comfort items.