ブライアーローズバイザシー、アリエルの洞窟ゲストハウスと独立した二段ベッドハウス

Thank you for being great guests. We love hosting families visiting this area. We have a magical location that we love to share. You and your group were wonderful guests. You are welcome back to visit Briar Rose by the Sea anytime!

We believe it is a Robert McClosky story book setting as well! We strive to provide the perfect Maine experience for our guests! Thank you so much! Debbie & Paul

So sorry to hear these properties only rated as "good" to these renters. This is the email I received from them after their stay and before this review: "You are awesome. Hope to return in the future. Stay well." You can't win 'em all I guess! Please check out our other reviews and we will have updated photos soon! We would like to point out a few things: (1) It is not 30 minutes to Acadia National Park from this property. It is around 15 minutes. Also Walmart and the major shopping listed in the review are 20 minutes away not just 10 minutes, but there is an IGA that is about 10 minutes away. (2) There is more than a "shed" as described in their review. It is a bunk house and was build as such. It has electricity, an overhead fan inside for cooling and plenty of outlets for laptops, phone charging, tv's and such. It has a smoke and CO2 detector and outside flood light to illuminate the area. Inside are two new futons. The majority of our renters have children who absolutely love the experience of sleeping in a bunk house. It is located between the nautical themed cedar works playground and the new large deck off the main house (Briar Rose) and there is plenty of illumination between the bunk house and the main house! The only "con" mentioned by this renter and the reason we assume they rated us as only "good" is because only the main house has WiFi and not the guest house "Ariel's Grotto." This is how it is described in our ad. Thank you for taking the time to read our response and read the other reviews!

Thank you for your kind words. We are so glad you enjoyed your stay. You’re welcome to me back anytime!

Thank you for being wonderful guests. We appreciate your business. Thank you for the kind words.

Thank you for being wonderful guests and taking the time to provide a review. We appreciate your business and your kind words.

Carrie’s review is in retaliation for being caught and reported for recording our minor daughters inside our home after check out. My husband walked in from the adjacent property and caught her and told her to leave, called VRBO and called authorities as they advised. Carrie made no complaints to us or VRBO during her stay. She communicated once to leave open the windows. 1. Our properties are very clean. 2. We use a license to occupy agreement with the wording required by law just like hotels in the area use. It allows us to enter to protect people and property but we’ve never needed to use it once in 12 years. 3. The property is “monitored” by neighbors, meaning if you bring unauthorized people/pets or hold events without proper approval and required insurance, we will know. 4. We require you to lock doors and shut windows when you leave the property. On the ocean, the wind blows rain inside and it can leak from the second floor and damage 1st floor ceilings. It has happened. Carrie agreed but later insisted she be able to leave windows open while she was gone. Because she insisted, she was informed she would be responsible for any damage as a result. Curiously, Carrie did not mention that it did, in fact, rain that same afternoon. Our ad states we do not have air conditioning. It was an unusually hot week. Typically it is cooler. We do have plenty of overhead fans. 5. Four shingles blew off and a roofer spent 20 minutes outside to repair since the remnants of a tropical storm was expected the following day. We thought we were being attentive as Carrie’s party stayed dry as a result. 6. We called Carrie twice, not daily, because she did not respond to VRBO messaging. Once to clear a good time for the roofer. A second to discuss a noise complaint from neighbors. She refused to speak or respond in writing & we let VRBO know about her peculiar behavior 7. Amazon delivery is not blocked. Same day delivery is unavailable in rural Maine. 8. We refunded 100 per cent of Carrie’s deposit as we do 99.9 per cent of the time. We have only had two security deposit issues in twelve years. 9. Water cooler was broken. If she had told us, a new one would have been delivered. 10. Dishwasher is working but maybe she didn’t know how to use this model. We thank you for reading our response. We truly enjoy hosting family reunions. We have a special and magical place we wish to share with you! You will love Briar Rose by the Sea!

Thank you so much! You were a great group. We feel lucky that we had such nice tenants. You’re welcome back anytime!

Thank you Donna and family! We really enjoyed hosting your group! It is such a joy to have nice, appreciative people such as the Jestels. They left our property just as they found it. We thank them so much for choosing our location and for taking time to leave kind words. They are welcome back anytime! We hope others will come and discover the magic that awaits! Yes, we have converted the garage area of Briar Rose into a pirate room hangout. There are three futon bunk beds which can sleep 12! We also have the bunk house that is insulated with white paneled walls and grey vinyl plank flooring. It has an overhead fan, tv with DVDs, and two futon bunk beds that can sleep six—oh, and outlets to charge those necessary teen cellphones!!! The garage area at Ariel’s Grotto has a tv, futon bunk beds and sofas and pullouts. This is all beyond the five bedrooms and pullout sofas and futons in the houses. We can host very large groups quite comfortably if this arrangement works for you. Again, if you are a group of nice, happy, appreciative Family and friends, we would love to host you! We will be posting photos of these areas soon! Again, thank you Donna and family. We will always remember your kindness. We hope you will come back and visit us soon!

Wow! We really tried to please this group—we really, really did! They hated the bunk house so we offered her party a 100% refund to leave because they were berating us over the phone so badly that we were really shook up! They were not happy with the bunkhouse being used as a bedroom. We agree that it is not a bedroom and that is why we call it a bunkhouse, provide photos of a bunkhouse, and describe it as a bunkhouse on our listing. It is a brand new building built and purchased locally to be a bunkhouse. We had an electrician wire it, put in a smoke and C02 detector, add an overhead light and fan, and put in outlets for cell phones or laptops. It is located just steps away from the large deck of Briar Rose. On the other side is the nautical themed playground. It has an outside light over the door so that kids can easily get to the main house at night. Kids usually fight over using it and it is clearly described in the description and photos. We offered to buy them additional beds and set them up for their party. They refused this. We then offered to buy them rollaways to use. They also refused that. We offered them a 100% refund as long as they left because quite frankly, we did not want them as guests after the way they spoke to us over the phone. They refused the refund saying we should give them a substantial refund and let them stay as well. The impression we had was that if we didn’t let them stay free we would get a bad review. We contacted HomeAway about these guests. They gave us good advice on dealing with any other party like this in the future. First we know there were no broken dishes or dirty pans. We are positive because we are the cleaners. We examine every piece of silverware, glass, cup, or cookware each and every time we change over. We never change this routine. This party had more guests than they contracted for and didn’t pay for them. They broke the toaster, water cooler, and covered one shower in hair dye that my husband (in his 60’s) spent over a half hour scrubbing. Again they were offered a 100 % refund but wanted to stay and have a refund too !! We hope you will look at our other reviews. We are one of the only places that allow a large group and usually groups of this size are just happy to be together in one location and realize that they will need to use bunk houses, sleeper sofas, or futons. Our description is accurate on bedrooms, sleeper sofas, futons, and the bunkhouse. We describe our bathrooms accurately. We describe that we make up all the beds and that we have blankets and sleeping bags for the pullouts and futons. That is in our description. Most of our guests read our description, look at our photos, or ask for clarification if they have any questions. The bunkhouse is usually a big hit with kids and teens. We do not leave leftover food, salt and pepper, or even paper products for the next guests for health and sanitation reasons and we feel most of our guests feel the same way. We leave our guests flowers, cake, local wine or local beer as a welcoming gift because we really enjoy what we do and what we have to offer. We did that for this guest as well! We hope you will consider us for your large group or reunion! Please feel free to ask any questions or request more photos or clarification. We want you to be happy! Thank you for taking the time to read our response! We really do aim to please our guests!

Please check our other reviews! Tim A. complained his party of 17 had to sleep on the floor. We have 17 spots just in the main house (not counting the bunk house or Ariel's Grotto). 1. King with a twin chair pullout bedroom (3) 2. Queen bedroom (2) 3. Queen bedroom #2 (2) 4. 3 Queen pullouts in main living room (6) 5. 2 Queen pullouts in sitting room (4) I'm counting 17 just in that house! The bunk house has two futons Ariel's Grotto has a queen bedroom and a bedroom with two twins and there are 3 queen futons in that living room There is also a first floor at Ariel's Grotto that we don't count as living but that is full of sofas and pullouts. NO ONE had to sleep on a floor. Please check out my other reviews. #2 There is only ONE contract: If you don't sign ahead, you get it on arrival. #3. We expect you to leave it as you found it as far as cleanliness. Our cleaning crew is two adults in their 60s and three children. The professional cleaning quote for the three buildings for a Saturday turnover was $1350. We think you'd rather we didn't add that on to the price! This is our home, not a hotel. We just ask that you leave it as you found it. Thank you!