WOODSTOCK COUNTRY HOME Wood Burning Fireplace - 1 mi. to Town, Fenced Yard, Pvt

We have stayed at this house a few times and love it more each time. The house is beautiful, homey, well stocked, and super comfortable. There is nothing like grilling on the deck in the evening and relaxing by the fire at night. It is a nice walk or a quick drive into Woodstock proper; close enough to enjoy what the town has to offer but secluded enough to feel like a tranquil countryside getaway. During the warm months the pool is awesome! It has a great backyard which is perfect for dogs. The house is spacious and well-furnished. Looking forward to coming back again!

My husband and I played hookie and spent two weekdays here. It was really wonderful. We loved the house. It was so warm and comfortable. We could really relax here. We stayed in a lot, cooked mostly at the house, but we did explore Woodstock one of the days, it it was nice that it was so close.

The great room was, well, great, and we took full advantage of the fireplace. We both caught up on wome reading we'd been wanting to do. We will certainly be back.

We really enjoyed our stay here. The property was well situated - very close to town and amenities but felt like being in the country. The pool was fantastic and the house was itself was nice. The property manager was great and made our stay easy and relaxing. We look forward to going back again.

We have rented many, many houses from HomeAway and this is the first and only time I have written a negative review. This house needs a thorough cleaning out. When we opened the front door we were hit by a strong musty and urine smell. It smelled like an old damp house that had not been opened in years. (Our friends immediately went into town and bought perfumed candles to try to cover up the smell as well as chaise lounge pads to cover up the broken furniture by the pool. They spent $90 and were not reimbursed) All of the old dirty white plastic furniture by the pool was broken and after we complained the manager went out and replaced it for us but that furniture should never have been put out in the first place.

The house manager came by and confirmed the smell and said possibly there had been a leak in the roof. But there's no way the smell happened overnight and she should have not rented out this house in the condition it was in.

On our third day she brought us DampRid and air fresheners for the closets but it was too late to be effective for our stay.

The smells in the closets and bedrooms were overpowering. We could not even open the windows to help air it out because there were no screens up. Kitchen cupboards and drawers were full of old junk and old food and cobwebs. Windows and windowsills were dirty and sticky. Chests of drawers and closets smelled so you did not want to put any clothes away in anything. All of the beds had uncomfortable hard or lumpy mattresses, old flat pillows. No one slept well. Futon in the living room was covered in an old dirty cover and no one would sit on it until we put a bedspread over it. Old is the operative word although they use the word "vintage".

We would have left as soon as we arrived but we had guests with us from England who had flown in just for this vacation and we felt we were stuck here or we would have no vacation at all and nowhere to rent last minute. I asked for a refund and was refunded only for one day. We only have one week for vacation and were so looking forward to our stay at this house. Everyone was upset and spent more time complaining about the house than enjoying it. The only good thing about the house was the pool was warm.

We even ran out of toilet paper and paper towels and we were only there four days.

Robyn was super nice and accommodating, and the house was spacious and sparkly clean. Kitchen could use some updating for those who like to cook, but overall we had a great time.