I want to preface this review with saying that I believe the property is not managed by someone local. It seems to be a management group based out West (concluded from phone call area code). I believe a majority of the issues we encountered was due to this.Check-in process: Wifi was down so keypad locks wouldn't work. Tried multiple doors before we were given the code to the lockbox on the door. The host was great at communicating and called us while we tried different doors and codes. We were also informed that they had our arrival day down as May 2nd, when we booked it for May 1st-4th. Our email confirms this.Location: The house itself was nice and the surrounding properties had horses and cows which were fun to watch. It's only a 30 minute drive from DFW.Cleanliness: Due to an system error with our check-in date, the floor inside the house was filthy. Fortunately, they had a push broom on the property so we were able to get the lose dirt up. Fire hazard: There were two smoke detector mounts in the house, one halfway up the stairs and the other above the non-primary bedroom hall entry. Neither mounts had the smoke detectors on them! We could not find them in any drawer or closet. Massive safety issue if something was to start on fire. Pool: As a previous review states, the pool is not heated. It looked like the pipes that came out of the pool heater control box were disconnected. If you're looking for a heated pool, this is not the place.
Hosted extended family for Thanksgiving and needed more space than our home offered. The Argyle Villa was perfect for our needs. Plenty of space and a dedicated bathroom for each of the four bedrooms. The country setting was unique and enjoyable. Host was very responsive addressing one small access issue that arose during the stay.
Listing stated heated pool and hot tub, but when asked about how to heat the pool we were told that there was no heat for the pool. That is one of the main reasons we chose this place as we had older teens with us. The place did not have a very well stocked kitchen. If we had know it did not have certain items we would have brought our own and some of the utensils were dirty in the drawers. The room with the bunk beds was set up in an awkward way, older teens could not fit comfortably on top bunk. Beautiful location though.