Nature's Paradise Hood Canal 5 b/r slp 12 Waterfront Home Fantastic Views

We are happy to hear that your large men's church group of 60 and 70 year olds enjoyed your stay at Nature's Paradise so much. We get many compliments on how clean our home is. I am so grateful for my cleaning team, Michele and her team have worked with us for five years and they always do an outstanding job. Most of our guests come from all over the United States or from around the world and it is very difficult to bring much on the airplane. There are luggage restrictions that make it hard to have much more than your clothes and toothbrush. We try to have everything there for our guests such as many pots, pans, silverware service for sixteen, multiple sizes of plates service for sixteen, and lots of drinking glasses in three sizes. We have many cooking utensils, mixing bowls, serving bowls, and platters. We have many small appliances like a twelve cup drip coffee maker and a second twelve cup drip coffee maker in case the carafe is broken or the coffee pot stops working. We are in a remote area and coffee is very important to a lot of our guests. We have a crock pot, toaster, hand held electric mixer, electric pancake grill, waffle maker, electric rice cooker, etc. We greet our guests with a beautiful gift basket and welcome letter. We have a lot of room for everyone in your group to feel comfortable and right at home. We have good quality mattresses in every room not just the master bedroom. We provide nice quality high thread count sheets, bedspreads, and plenty of soft thirsty towels. It is nice to have a bathroom on all three floors. The surrounding area is remote but surprisingly close to Seattle. Many people in this group were interested in hiking, we have four books at the house that recommend hikes in our area. We are walking distance from the Olympic National Forest and fantastic day hikes. The view can't be beat! Most of our guests see many bald and golden eagles, otters, kingfishers, osprey, elk, and sometimes orcas. Our groups enjoy oyster picking, crabbing (seasonal), clam digging, fishing, beach combing, etc. Our guests enjoy taking our canoe or row boat off our dock to explore the Dosewallips Tide-lands. Nuclear submarines from Bangor Submarine Base sometimes practice in front of our home, it is so fun to watch them do a crash dive and other maneuvers. This group enjoyed having a fire in our water view fire pit. We supply a moderate amount of dry firewood, starter paper, kindling, and lighters. Thanks, Tammy

We are so that your girl's group 25th annual get together was so enjoyable. We love to have girl's groups enjoy our home. We appreciate your compliment of being so well appointed. We try to make it so you don't have to bring your entire kitchen with you. We supply good quality mattresses in all bedrooms for a good night sleep. Nice quality high thread count bedding, bed spreads, pillows, and plenty of soft thirsty towels, hand towels, and wash cloths. This is a great house for large groups. There is a lot of room in the open floor plan main floor which includes the dining room, living room, kitchen, full bathroom, large main floor bedroom, laundry room, and front door. We send you suggested activities to fully enjoy the surrounding area. A lot of our groups enjoy seeing the "Secret Waterfall". Mainly only the local people in Brinnon know where it is, there are no signs directing you to it. It is called "Rocky Brook Falls", it is about five miles from our home. It has a 229' water drop. There is an easy mostly level quarter miles walk through the woods to get to the waterfall. Great for taking a picnic lunch and photos. Another suggestion we have is a challenging day hike up to Mt. Walker. If you go we suggest that you take some peanuts or cheerios with you. The camp robber birds will land on your hand and eat the snacks. The views are fantastic on a clear day of Seattle skyscrapers, Vancouver Island Canada, Hood Canal, etc. There are two vantage points and you see beautiful scenery from each vantage points. You can take a day trip to Hurricane Ridge which has fantastic views and day hikes. Many of our groups enjoy being at our home so much that it is hard for them to leave and try other things. You can soak your stress away in our water view jetted spa. You can roast a few marsh mellows and make s'mores at our water view fire pit. Watch for many bald eagles and golden eagles, seals, otters, osprey, kingfishers, etc. You will usually see the Brinnon elk herd sometimes from our decks or dock. They like to graze in the Dosewallips Tide-lands or sometimes they come to our yard. It is great to watch for wildlife from our canoe or rowboat located on our dock. We supply life jackets, rubber boots, etc. You can use our binoculars to spot bird life and wildlife. We hope your girl's group will be back to Nature's Paradise for your 26th annual get together, thank you for taking wonderful care of our home! Thanks again, Tammy

Danielle conveniently didn't mention that she and her group broke off not one but two porcelain tiles from our kitchen counter. This was a terrible check out one of our worst, which took four people approximately 24 hours to make the house clean again and two days to fix the tiles. She also didn't mention that her group permanently stained 16 bath towels, six hand towels, and two wash cloths, they had to be pulled out of service and replaced. We don't put out stained towels and bedding for our guests. We have never had a group stain that many towels in the five years we have operated as a vacation rental home. My Lead Care-taker said, "what did they do use them to work on their cars?" Danielle said in her review, "she couldn't refute the damage deposit since I would not respond to her". I did respond to her many emails promptly. She sent a complaint to VRBO/Homeaway that I kept a part of her damage deposit without justification. The amount that I kept was extremely conservative, we didn't charge her for the two-day process of replacing the porcelain tiles. My Care-taking team called us in to help with this terrible check out, they have never asked us to help before with hundreds of other check outs. We didn't charge Danielle for the hours my husband and I spent helping clean our filthy home. I promptly sent her a damage letter with copies of receipts, cleaning invoice, photos of problems from her check out, and a copy of the contract she signed and agreed to with areas highlighted where she and her group were in breach of contract. Danielle contacted VRBO/Homeaway and escalated her complaint to the Trust and Security Specialist Dept. where they fairly mediate problems like this. They requested all documentation that I sent to Danielle regarding her check out. They carefully reviewed my paperwork, photos, signed contract, etc. and upheld my decision of keeping a portion of the damage deposit. This is our first one-star review out of 124 which average 4.9% out of 5%. Every 10 check outs we wash all mattress and pillow protectors, blankets, and bedspreads, and my team takes about 25 hours to deep clean our homes. We get many compliments on how clean our homes are. Danielle should have been embarrassed about being in breach of contract, checking out with so many problems, and breaking two tiles off of our kitchen counter. Danielle said regarding the tiles, "this is normal wear and tear". Who thinks that way?

We are so glad that everyone in your group was comfortable even the 22 month child. We try to have amenities that showcase our beautiful area such as crab pots (seasonal), rubber boots, oyster knives, shovels, rakes, buckets, etc. Most of our guests are traveling by airplane from all over the U.S. or from around the world. It is nice to arrive and have everything you need to enjoy the area and our home. The wildlife viewing is wonderful right from our decks or inside our home. People usually see many eagles, seals, otters, etc. Sometimes you see our Brinnon elk herd right from the decks or dock. It is fun to explore our privately owned tide-lands, we have a boot box on the lower deck with many sizes of boots for our guests to use. We appreciate the many compliments on our beautiful well appointed home. We hope you will return for another visit at Nature's Paradise. Thank you, Tammy

Our waterfront location on the edge of the Olympic Nat'l Forrest is great. You are close to many hikes, waterfalls, restaurants, nature, etc. It is our goal to provide a well appointed comfortable home for large or small groups. We want everyone to feel right at home and to be comfortable. It is a lot of fun to take the canoe and row boat out and explore Hood Canal and the Dosewallips Estuary. It is amazing the amount of wildlife you will see from our boats or decks and dock. We will look forward to welcoming you back for your next stay. Thank you, Tammy