The positives:
Super clean. Ample supply of paper goods & soaps. Dishes & eating utensils adequate for an entire day. Management very responsive & professional. (Ceiling fan out, & they promptly brought us a portable unit.) Terms of rental clear and reasonable. Beautiful treed setting. Dogs allowed! :)
The "needs to improve":
--Minimally stocked kitchen--not enough cooking utensils/apparatus; needs Tupperware or plastic wrap, & basic spices would be nice.
--Too much bramble at creek access. Five minutes & a machete, and this could be vastly improved.
--The big bedroom upstairs would make a lovely master suite. Why is the double bed on the ground? An armoire would serve as an easy closet substitute. So much potential for this room! The other two bedrooms share one tiny bathroom & fit little more than a bed & dresser in each. (Pics look bigger.)
--Would rather have wifi than TV
If you don't like surprises:
There is a trailer just a few feet from the kitchen window. It looks like this is another property? Fortunately, it was unoccupied during out stay. We would not have been very happy with such close neighbors. The property on the other side of the cabin was vacant for our first 3 nights, and then someone set up a tent in that yard, right next to our fire pit. Again, we like privacy, and had we planned to use the fire pit that night, we would have been most unhappy.
Almost no accessible closets or hooks even. No hair dryer or clothes iron. Bring bug spray. LOTS & LOTS of bug spray.
And now... the TRAIN! This really should be mentioned in the listing. Just on the other side of the creek are railroad tracks. The trains run ALL hours of the night and day. The trains are not quiet. Our dog does not like noisy trains = cardiac arrest for the owners in the dead of night. You can't fix this; the property is where it is, but in fairness to the renters, this fact should be disclosed.
Overall, it was not our best, nor our worst vacation. We think the cabin is overpriced for its size and proximity to potential neighbors and THE TRAIN. Dog fee is excessive, too. Except for the train comment, none of this review is intended to be a complaint, but rather suggestions for improvement. So much potential for this cabin. I kept thinking, a man must have planned this place. No closets, no hair dryer, minimally-stocked kitchen, difficult creek access, .... Get a woman's eye for practical detail in here, and you've got a winner!
