The Pineapple Pause - Close to everything Aiken!

About this space:
A lovely welcoming sanctuary perfect for your stay in the South's best small town - Aiken! You will be staying in a well-appointed, quiet, newly-furnished all brick home with vaulted 18-ft. ceilings that you check in and out of on your own, with many amenities, close to all things Aiken! Our home sleeps 12 comfortably. Note: pricing shown is for 2 guests only; additional guests incur additional costs. Details in "other things to note."

The space:
Our home is warm, well-appointed with all you need for a quiet and comfortable get-away. We have hardwoods throughout the main part of the home with plush carpeting in the bedrooms. We have a Smart TV for your enjoyment, high-speed internet, and a lovely community pool for your use. Our yard is fully fenced in with a gas grill and a high-top table on our patio for a nice evening outdoors. Well-positioned tiki burners and supplied fuel means lovely evenings outdoors under the Aiken long leaf pines and stars.

Guest access:
The entire home is available for your use. We have a huge master suite that with a King size bed, a pull out couch, and platform air bed that sleeps 6; a computer desk is found in the master, with double walk-in closets, next to a large ensuite with double vanities, a spa tub, separate shower, and a private lavatory. Great space for families and friends. On the opposite side of the home are three large guest bedrooms each with a queen bed and large closets. The three guest bedrooms share a bathroom with a tub-shower combo and a dual vanity. The main areas of the home are a lovely living room, complete with a fireplace for chilly days, a beautiful upgraded kitchen with a gas range, a breakfast nook, a beautiful and large dining room that seats 10, a small pantry, 1/2 bath, and washer and dryer are in the hallway off of the kitchen, and off of the garage, respectively. Garage access for 1 large or 2 small vehicles is available during your stay. Note: driveway is set at a steep 60-degree angle 📐 and you will likely want to set your parking brake to park on it. Street parking is flat and plentiful!

Other things to note:
We provide all the fixings for breakfast! Just let us know what you need! There are 2-3 pool towels provided in every guest room, for your use while at the Pineapple Pause. Finally, pricing that is displayed is for 2 guests, 1 week or less. Additional guests are $54 more/guest/night. Additional cleaning charges apply based on length of stay, and how far in advance one books. For example, if booking a month or further in advance, a month's stay cleaning charge is discounted to $600.

Pineapple Pause House Rules:
Welcome to the Pineapple Pause! The following rules will help us both to enjoy your stay.

(1) TREAT OUR HOME LIKE YOUR OWN: Treat this home and everything in it as your own so that we can all enjoy it for many years to come. Any damage to items will be charged to guests causing damage. House will be inspected prior to and directly after guest's arrival and departure.

(2) QUESTIONS/CONCERNS/PROBLEMS: Send a message to us through the booking platform (VRBO) messaging system. It alerts us immediately of your new message. If it is extremely urgent, you can call or text Lisa, but please only text her if we are not responding through the VRBO message platform. If you do not get a response on VRBO to an urgent request within 5 minutes, or if Lisa does not respond to an emergency call within 2 minutes, please reach out to Jason, Lisa’s partner, immediately.

(3) ENTRY/EXIT: You will initially enter the home through the front door, which has a smart lock. Once you are in, feel free to park in the garage, and enter and exit from there, during the stay. An opener is in the kitchen drawers to the left of the sink, directly behind the bar. PLEASE RETURN PRIOR TO LEAVING. When you check out, you will need to leave through the front door, JUST locking the smart lock.
o When leaving the property, please make sure the back door is locked, and arm the security system.
o Please do not lock the manual lock on the front door or the door leading from the garage into the house. Please leave them unlocked.
o Please do arm the security system, if you do not, we will do it remotely, and you will need to disarm when you arrive home. If you forget about this, and the police are called, you are responsible for any fees. Please, to keep our home and your items in the home safe, arm the security system, lock the back door, and put down the garage door.

(4) NO SOUVENIRS: Our furnishings are for your use, not as souvenirs. We have a very detailed inventory list of every item and if anything is missing, you will be charged the retail cost plus labor to replace it. This includes garage remotes! PLEASE RETURN THE GARAGE REMOTE!!!

(5) NO SMOKING: No smoking in this home, or on any of the entryways or back patio.

(6) DOGS WELCOME!!! NO CATS. We consider most other pets, check with us! We allow 2 large dogs (over 40 lbs) or 3 small dogs (under 40 lbs) per stay. Dogs must be disclosed at time of booking. Only house trained pets allowed.

(7) NO PETS UNATTENDED; no pets unattended anywhere on the premises. Pets must be crated indoors if you are leaving them alone in the home. Please do not leave animals outside alone when you are gone, if we are alerted to this, it may end in early termination of your reservation.

(8) DINING: All guests are required to please use placemats when eating on the tables. Placemats are located on the center shelf of the round breakfast room table. If there is a table cloth on the table, it is to remain on.

(9) TRASH: Please put all trash in the main trash bin in the small closet in the kitchen, and if full, please put trash bags out in big green trash bin outside of the garage. There are extra trash bags above the trash bin. If you need additional trash bags, there are more located in the garage on the shelf. Trash is picked up early Friday mornings, so if you want trash removed, please put out Thursday evening, at the end of the driveway.

(10) RECYCLING: We do not have pick-up for recycling, but you are welcome to drive recycling to one of the Aiken County recycling centers found by googling AikenCounty, SC recycling.

(11) GRILL: Please do not move the grill from the location where it is positioned. Propane may be provided, but if empty, up to you to replenish.

(12) CLEANING: Regular Cleaning team comes weekly on Tuesday mornings. The cleaner coming in is non-negotiable.

(13) CHECKOUT CHECKLIST: Check out is 10AM. Often, another family will be checking in at 4 PM and the cleaning team needs ample time to prepare this home for the next guest. For every hour you are late in checking out, we unfortunately must charge you $50.
o BEDROOMS: Leave all slept-in beds unmade. Shut all windows, closet doors.
o TRASH: If you have full bags of trash, please place them in the green trash bin that sits inside or outside of the garage.
o TOWELS: Please put all towels in the bathtubs in each bathroom, with shower curtains open.
o DO THE DISHES: Prior to checkout, please wash the dishes you used (Dishwasher is fine, if it is fine for the item) and put them back in the cabinet.
o THERMOSTAT: When checking out, in Fall/Winter set thermostat to Heat 60 degrees F, in Spring/Summer set thermostat to Cool 75 degrees F.
o LOCKS: Please make sure the back door is securely locked, only the smart lock on the front door is locked, the alarm system is in away mode, the garage door is shut and the door from the garage to the house is unlocked. This needs to be done upon every departure of the house and on your final departure. If alarm system is not put into away mode every time you leave, we will do it remotely.

We hope you enjoy your stay at the Pineapple Pause! and our home serves you as you need it to.