House is located at the end of a road in a small neighborhood with beautiful views of the mountains and a very small spring fed creek/puddle in the backyard. The neighborhood was quiet, but still located pretty close (15-20 min) to Pigeon Forge, Smokey Mountains National Park, and stores and restaurants.
There were some things I wish I knew before our stay that I will outline here. While on initial arrival, after dark, the house looked ok. As our days went on there were obvious places where the home has been allowed to fall into a bit of disrepair. The fridge was not real cold the first couple days although it appeared to have some ice in it, froze everything days 3-4, then worked ok day 5. The furniture has been heavily used, holes/wear on worn out/uncomfortable couches, chair at the table in bad shape, and other oddities you notice if you try to use doors or drawers. House is not insulated between floors, we could stand in the downstairs bedroom and hold an entire conversation at normal volume with people in the bedroom above us. The floor in the house is cupping and is incredibly creaky day and night as well as if anyone walks around. Dishwasher does not stop running on its own and microwave was filthy which we also didn’t notice right away. It also appeared that someone comes to clean, but only does a mediocre job leaving lots of dust or cobwebs on blinds, window sills, the wall, and most corners. Hot tub also looked ok until further inspection revealed algae and particles floating in the water. Outdoor furniture was either broken or was an abnormally short picnic table. Air hockey table didn’t seem to work well and pool table was very worn and slanted. In general the house had a worn out esthetic that is not represented in the photos.
As a full family staying for nearly a week, the toilet paper, towels/washcloths, and paper towels lasted about 3 days and we had to wash items between meals to have enough eating utensils for example.
The rental company did communicate instructions clearly and quickly. They also called the day we were to arrive to say they had something to fix on the fridge and may be there working when we got there (which is why I didn’t think anything of the fridge not working right at first.)
We rent from Vrbo once or twice a year and are generally very happy, but felt this house wasn’t well represented in the photos provided.