This is our second time staying at this home. we stayed for an anniversary a few years ago and returned this year. The home is still really nice, but we got the feeling property now has an absent owner and no property manager. Why? We had a few minor issues that demonstrate no one is sweating the details, especially important at this price point:
1. No one "opened the house" up before we arrived. It was really musty upstairs for the first two days. The basement was truly musty, we just closed the door and never went down there. Hubby did not get to use the pool table. Bummer. That made us wonder the last time the house was occupied or cleaned. We laundered the bed linens the first evening. Febreezed upstairs the next two days to get the musty smell out.
Also, the patio furniture cushions were just thrown behind the living room couch. Not even stacked, just thrown willy-nilly.
2. We could not use the TV in the bedroom, because the remote was missing. We we called the owner, he suggested we use the TV in the living room. We could not as it would have disturbed the other couple.
3. There were no recycle bags, so we had to take our garbage with us when we left. Luckily we ate lunch and dinner out every day and our friends live in NYC. It was mostly coffee, tea bags, water bottles and bagel bag. They just threw the bag in the trunk of their car. Don't know what we would have done otherwise. Probably drawn a fine for not properly handling the garbage on Friday.
4. My husband, who has his own landscape architecting business, found the landscaping really needed some TLC. Just another small sign of neglect.
Also, we should note that the cable in the living room is truly, truly just basic TV. No cable stations (TNT, HGTV, HBO, sports, etc.). Understandable, but we live where basic cable pretty much means everything except HBO, Showtime, Demand, etc. so we were surprised. Never found the movie collection, but didn't care enough to call the owner. Just be aware if that kind of i-home entertainment really matters to you.