This is, architecturally, the most beautiful house ever. However:
1: There is no air conditioning. We were not aware of this. For 3 days of our stay, it was hot and uncomfortable.
2: House is built for form, not function. It does not work well to actually live in, even temporarily. Examples:
- The entire front wall is mostly made of glass, but there are no curtains except in baths. So for 3 of the master suites, the loft, and the den sleeping area, there is no bedroom privacy. You canât change clothes in your bedroom without being fully exposed to the people on the deck (main level) (no curtains in bedrooms) or in the hot tub (basement level). The bathrooms have some curtains on the front wall, but not on the side glass, and the deck is wraparound; so you canât take a bath or shower or change clothes even in the bathroom without being fully exposed.
- The guest bath literally has a wet-bath style shower. The shower has no shower curtain and no shower base on the floor. Water goes everywhere, including on your clothes and towel.
- The fireplaces have all been closed so they are decorative only.
- The sinks are on too-high vanities and are partly obscured with decorative rocks covering the faucet and piping. You canât get your hands in there to wash hands very well.
- In the middle master suite downstairs, instead of using a regular shower curtain liner like they did in the upstairs master suite, they got a huge sheet of poly, cut it with scissors, and hung that up. Nasty.
- Too much decor. Itâs hard to use surfaces in the bedrooms and baths bc of all the decor everywhere.
Also: Main level floor had lots of standing water on it when we checked in. Safety hazard.
My bedroom had someone elseâs old sock in it. Toilet downstairs wouldnât flush if you used the sink, even with only liquid in toilet.
Grill was so dirty that it started a grease fire when we started it up.
Water damage on walls has been hidden with decor instead of repaired.
Log veneer had not been repaired where electrical work was done in staircase.
Gravel driveway. No landscaping or lawn at basement level where hot tub was.
Squirrel ran out of house when we checked in. Bats or squirrels are in the top of the main level ceiling/trusses and were making noise.
No rug pad or tape in great room. Huge, thin rug bunched up badly; safety hazard.
Kitchen is well-appointed. House is beautiful & luxurious. But it needs to be better managed.