Our family rents properties quite frequently & we appreciate honest reviews when we are looking for a place to stay.
This property is a great place. Easy to get to. Plenty of parking. Loved having the dock for our boat. Nice location on the lake, close to the marina. AC works great. Comfortable furniture. Lots of comfortable beds - there was even one we weren’t expecting in the nice finished basement. Plenty of cookware, dishes & utensils. Loved the porch. Enjoyed s’mores around the fire pit. Enjoyed the paddle boat.
We did see a lot of spider webs & spiders inside the home, including in the showers with us. Old spider webs & bugs should be cleaned off from at least the kitchen sink window.
Large black ants were everywhere in the kitchen. We promptly cleaned the kitchen & put food away but they still were constantly on the counters, kitchen table, & all in the trash. We even emptied & moved the trash can to the other side of the kitchen close to the porch door because it looked like the ants were coming out of the corner wall by the lower cabinet where the trash can was, but they still found there way back into the trash. They even got on me & my daughter while we sat at the table.
Prior to our arrival, a large limb fell across the path leading down to the dock very close to the fire pit area. Inspection of the trees would be a good idea to prevent a possible serious accident. Fire pit seating area needed to be swept.
Main floor shower had a glob of hair across the top of the drain that I had to remove for the shower to drain properly. The stone showers are really cool, but may make it harder to see to clean. Main floor bathroom is a shared bathroom, there isn’t a master bath.
Several lamps were missing bulbs. I found one bulb in a closet for our bedside lamp. We were unable to do any laundry because we couldn’t get the dryer door to close. Lastly, cooking on the stovetop was challenging because you couldn’t turn the temperature down to low or simmer, the flame would go out altogether - it may need to be converted for LP gas.
All in all, we enjoyed our stay & plan to return. We love Lake Blue Ridge & the convenience of this location. The home is beautiful & for the most part met our needs.