Had problems with the air conditioner that could not cool the house at the set thermostat temperature. After going round and round with the owner, they finally offered to refund the first uncomfortable night and sent A/C person to check it out the next day. That day, we returned from the parks with the house nice and cool. The rest of the 5 days the A/C never reached that cool temp again. We spoke to an A/C professional that works on our properties in a hot, humid climate as well and agreed with us based on the information the owner gave us that the air temp coming out of the vents was not cool enough to cool the whole house. The owner refused to admit it was a problem, so we decided to not let it ruin our vacation. The location and Story Lake Resort amenities were great! If you rent this property, bring big fans. There are no ceiling fans in 2 of the bedrooms.
I had to nag the owner to provide proof of the 1 night refund. So after 2 days from check out, I finally got confirmation, however taxes were not refunded as well. The owner text me they do not collect these so he couldn’t refund. So I contacted VRBO who told me the owner DOES collect the total amounts including taxes and pays VRBO their service fee from it. The owner then refunded me the taxes, but after I had to spend a considerable amount of my time trying to get it back and got VRBO involved. VRBO was great handling this problem for us. Because the owner lied and denied the A/C problem, I will never rent from Jose Callado or DecoNova Vacation Homes ever again.