Golden View Cottage - Take in the views!

First impression was not good as the weeds up front nearly blocked the view of the house. The upper level of the back area was all weeds and dead trees. Although the back yard is fenced, there is no grass area for a dog. Of the three plastic chairs out front, two were cracked. Living room furniture was new. The houses are very close together and next door they were constantly working on something outside so we were unable to enjoy too much time outside. The view from the front porch is very nice. The location of the property to downtown and highways was great. There is a hiking trail very close by that overlooks the city. Overall, it was sufficient for our needs.

We drove up from Austin, TX for a little getaway in Colorado. We've never been to Golden before and decided it would be a quaint little town to stay in. The cottage was small, but appropriate for only two people. We brought two large dogs with us and figured they would have room in the "yard." The yard consisted of less than a patch of grass, a mess of dead thorny branches, and rocks. The fences on either side do not allow for privacy. We had no idea that the cottage was in between college apartments. I was unaware of Golden being a college town. The college was also having a bar-crawl in downtown Golden as well. We planned on using the fire pit outside but the yard was poorly maintained so piles of leaves on the patio made it a little unsafe to start a fire. A note to management would be: laundry was left in the dryer, the fan in the bedroom needs to be replaced, the coffee pot had mold in it from grounds that were left over by previous renters, the bedroom window was missing a screen (which we didn't find out until insects were in the room), also the bathroom sink faucet leaks. All in all the area was pleasant to go for a hike and check out charming downtown Golden. We were just a bit disappointed with our rental.

Colden View Cottage more than met our needs - three family members for a family get together for 4 days and nights. Beds comfortable, great shower with plenty of hot water, bright kitchen and gathering area with lots of sunlight and view. I think we were the first rental of the Spring season, so there were a few kinks to work out, but they were minor and didn't affect the visit. Rental agency was very responsive to answer questions. Lovely view at night lookin down on the length of Golden and the College campus. Small kitchen area with limited counter space and room for only three at the kitchen table - we moved the table to the living room for Easter dinner when we had four, We would certainly return for another visit. We give it 3 1/2 stars only because it was quite small, not because there was anything wrong.

This house is in a good location, walkable to downtown. Not as walkable to Mines.The house is VERY small. There were many things unsatisfactory and the pictures do not properly represent the property. The tile flooring throughout the house has major large cracks. In the pictures, temprorary rugs are covering these large cracks. Don't walk barefoot as I almost cut my foot on the broken tiles in the kitchen and after walking through the house in just my socks, the bottom of my socks were black (house cleaners obviously do no regularly mop the tiles). There were numerous things wrong with the house that I did not call the management company about because there was no way they could have fixed the issues during our stay. These included: many of the dishes, glasses and silverware were dirty (even though they were in the drawers/cabinets. Housecleaning clearly does not check them - one of the cookie sheets under the stove was filthy with old bread crust stuck to it) we washed nearly every plate, glass and utensil). You could not turn the ceiling fan light off in the bedroom unless you turn the fan off - the chain to turn the light off didn't pull down - so no fan at night.Curtains in the bedroom have holes in them. Oven did not work- I had to trace the power chord through the cabinets to learn the power chord to the oven was unplugged. TV Cable only had ONE channel - I read the "welcome" book and it offered instructions in case the cable didn't work. I followed the instructions and it did not fix it. Instead, I manually reset the cable box and used the TV menu to "search for channels" to get the channels to show up (good thing I know AV). The couches in the front room are gross - covered with stains. We didn't want to sit on them. The dining table only has 3 chairs, so if you have four people, one person can't eat at the tiny table. The inside shower curtain is disgusting and covered in soap scum (again something housecleaning should have replaced.) We have rented many VRBO properties and we do not consider ourselves to be picky and we did not expect a house that was a 4 star property. But this house was a disappointment. If we felt that the owners could have fixed things during our visit, we would have called and perhaps they could have addressed some things. However much of the issues were housecleaning AND fundamental flaws with the house - i.e. cracked floors/foundation. I wish I could give a better review. This house is simply not well maintained

We enjoyed our stay at his nice house, conveniently located for snowboarding in the area.

Everything we needed was there and the owners made staying there easy.