BEWARE. Do not be fooled by this owner's property description or sweet photo of her family.
The home was not as advertised. I emailed the property owner ahead of time, notifying we were bringing our close friend with terminal cancer. The home does not have AC and it was miserably hot. When asked about it she told us to open the windows at night. No, it did not cool down enough at night, even though we brought our own fans. If I had told her my very ill friend was coming, wouldn't common decency dictate to disclose lack of basic environmental controls?
When I was searching for a property, I specifically searched for properties that allowed pets. It wasn't until I got there until I saw the rule on the fridge, "no pets". Sunday during the day, the owner came to the home when there were no cars in the driveway (I stayed home to take a nap, the rest of the family went fishing) and ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE HOME WHILE I WAS HOME ALONE. Our interaction made me extremely uncomfortable and gave me nightmares. If there was a concern about the noise or other issues, we could have been told directly instead of passive aggressive and invasive tactics. We're all professional adults and never had more than 10 people in the house.
Immediately after our conversation, she changed the profile to "no pets". Prior to that, the profile of the home did not disclose this.
I have rented 6 properties all over the country and this is hands down the worst experience I've ever had. Her behavior was so shifty we made sure to take photos of the property before we left. We followed all of her rules and still an additional aggregious amount was taken out of my deposit for "spills" on the floor and because I brought my little dog without knowing that it was against the rules (this is in addition to the cleaning deposit).
In addition:
The TV's are from the 90's and have poor sound. None of the remotes that are there match the TV's.
She advertises a "pool table" but it's actually a multigame table about a quarter of the size of a regular pool table.
There were not any paper towels, saran wrap, or aluminum foil.
There was not enough toilet paper for our group... we had to go buy our own.
Any questions I had I asked her and was greeted with condescending answers. When I asked for explanation, I was greeted with silence.
This is the most corrupt, unscrupulous experience I've had for a long time. I love Lake Almanor, but not sure I'd live there if these are the neighbors.