December Fresh Powder Sale. Hot tub, double shower. Double soak tub. Sleeps 21

We had a great stay. I appreciated the flexibility of check in and check out times. The house had some wonderful features. The yard is big and quite private. The kitchen was the selling point for me. We had about 20-25 people there for the week and I needed to cook a lot of food. The full fridge and full freezer were great. However the stove is a nightmare. It is uneven and burns and leaves raw at the same time. I had to modify the menu radically due to the awful ovens. The upstairs bedrooms are lovely. The master is beautiful, However the outlets in the master bedroom don't work. There is a portable AC unit up there but it also doesn't work. There are two basement bedrooms. They both had mold you could smell and the basement bathroom was a mess. The shower was filthy and we had to clean before we could use it. The house description makes it seem as if there is AC- there is not. Another portable AC unit in the main room but it doesn't work. This would be ok if the windows worked, but they too are broken throughout the house. We had to use tools from my car to close some of the bedroom windows. Another problem is that most of the windows don't have screens. We had a stray cat that kept getting in and making people with allergies sick so we had to keep all the windows closed. It was not ok. / Its just a really old house. Things are worn out here and there, but the space is wonderful and the layout is really functional and fun. Parking was an issue. The owner cane and made us all move, but an hour later the police showed up and made us all move our cars back to where they had been before. It was not ideal. But the local police officer was very nice. When all was said and done, we had a very nice time. The beds were great. The house is beautiful and you get what you get. If you want a 5 star hotel experience, go to a hotel, if you want lots of space and a nice yard this is a good place. Just don't use the back deck stairs. They are completely unsafe and broken. But I'm sure the owners will fix them soon to avoid a serious injury. I would rent again if a few things got fixed. Bathroom electricity is a must. IT doesn't really matter how big or nicely tiled a bathroom is if you can't blow-dry your hair.

Let me start by saying it has taken me a week to compose my thoughts for this review in the hope that they will be helpful for others in preventing a disappointing and frustrating vacation experience. I also hope the unfortunate experience we had will be a learning experience for the home owner in being able to make changes for the future so others can enjoy their stay and not have the negative experience we did.

When we found this property online it appeared to have all the things we were looking for to house the 4 families we were traveling with. The photographs provided are appealing, the location was good and the space was what we needed. Corrine was helpful pre-booking at answering questions and giving information.

Unfortunately, upon arrival we found the house had not been cleaned. The carpets were vacuumed and the beds were made (sheets not laundered), but that was it. With further inspecting we realized that not only had it not been cleaned, but the home was very dilapidated and long overdue for an extensive cleaning.

We were greatly disappointed in the condition of the home, the extreme lack of cleanliness, how worn and neglected the property and house are as well as how poorly the photos represent the home.

I agree with Corinne (the homeowner) that we all have a different expectation and definition of cleanliness. I can also say that out of 8 adults and 13 youth staying, not one of us considered that home clean or cared for.

The house does have great space and gathering areas, good size bedrooms and bathrooms, beautiful views and is located in a quiet area. It could be an absolutely charming and exceptional vacation rental, but it needs an extensive amount of work as well as a MAJOR deep cleaning before it would be in that kind of condition.

We were lucky to be able to have a family retreat in this beautiful house. I want to thank the owner for letting us get out of the city and spend time together in such a beautiful space.

1. The layout of the home is great for groups and families

2. The home suffers severally from the lack of general maintenance. The yard is overgrown, the exterior walks, etc. are in bad condition and not swept

3. The downstairs bathroom and bedroom are in terrible condition. There is mold in the bathroom and shower and our family members felt they could not even use it.

4. The house has not had a good cleaning for a long, long time. There is dust everywhere, the carpets need shampooing badly, the windows were very dirty (we cleaned some of them ourselves), the counters, floors, etc. show a lot of neglect.

5. There were not towels in the bathrooms (we found later they had been washed, but were still piled up in the laundry room)

6. There were piles of sheets, towels, etc. in the laundry room and we could not tell whether the beds had been remade (it ended up that they had)

7. There were extra linens available, but they were crammed into a linen closet. None of them had been matched or folded and were marked with sizes, etc. It was just a hodge podge of wrinkled sheet, pillow cases, etc.a

8. The advertizement for the home said there was air conditioning. This was very misleading. It has only 3 small single room portable cooling units, which only cooled the rooms they were in. So all of the other rooms in the house got quite warm during the day.

9. When we arrived the kitchen and family room floors had not been swept or mopped, the counters were not clean, the stairways were very dirty. We tried to do some cleaning so that we would be comfortable, but there was not even a vacuum that worked and the cleaning supply closet was pretty dirty and mixed up.

This house needs a lot of repairs. It could be a great rental if some deep cleaning and some repairs were done to both the house and the yard. But, in its present condition we cannot recommend it. The kitchen is equiped pretty well and it was nice to have a big back yard where we could be in the early warm evenings.

Our XC team of 30 were able to stay in this lovely home on extremely short notice. We are so thankful for Corrin and making this happen when our previous reservation at another location fell through.

It was a little hot in some of the upstairs rooms that didn't have a portable air conditioning unit but our athletes did not really complain and they all said they wanted to go back next year!

Thank you so much for working with us and making our cross country camp a huge success.