The cabin had a very stale, smoky and musty smell to it so we opened the doors and windows. We noticed that the fireplace had old and stale ashes that had not been cleaned. One of the reasons we chose the Dutton Cabin was because of the inviting description of the pool and pool deck, all the amenities and the view. As we looked around we noticed that the pool was not clean. On the bottom of the pool was trash, leaves and sticks, on top floating was leaves, sticks and a dead mouse. It was quite obvious that the pool was not ready for guests. When we called the Owner to ask about the condition of the pool her response was “I live in Birmingham I can not come and fix the problem,” she was not helpful or she did not try to accommodate us in any way. We could not find any equipment to clean the pool. So that afternoon we sat out on the porch off the den because the adirondack chairs (4) that were advertised by the pool were not there or anywhere that we could find. We also had to contact the Owner again for the password for the Wi-Fi and she explained that we would automatically be connected upon entering the house. No password was given to us so we had no Wi-Fi. which was listed in the amenities. We explained to her that all four of our cell phones were not connecting (without a password) and again she said that she could not help us. The kitchen was well supplied with what we needed however when we went to use a sharp cutting knife we found that all of the knives had rust on the blades. When it was time to take a shower there was hair that did not belong to any of us in both bathrooms. So, as bad as it sounds, none of us took a shower or bath all weekend. To top things off the last evening we decided to rent a DVD as a listed amenity for the property it stated that the cabin had a DVD player. Well, the cabin does have a DVD player but we could never figure out how to get power to it and there were no instructions anywhere. There were four of us very intelligent, very capable ladies trying to make the DVD player work and we couldn’t. We called the Owner again to see if she could help us. The Owner basically shared with us again that she couldn’t help us and that it wasn’t her problem. No instructions were found anywhere.

The Dutton Cabin was not as advertised and the owner was less than cooperative when we had concerns about the cabin and our weekend. We would not recommend the cabin for anyone to rent.