The cabin is located conveniently close to downtown Blowing Rock, but is very secluded. The scenery is beautiful, and the only sound you hear is the creek below. With some cleaning and maintenance to the outside, it could be better. All the decks and deck furniture were dirty. Upon arriving, our entry code didn't work. It happens. We were inside within 10 minutes. The downstairs bathroom was locked, so we called the agent on duty and were told that maintenance couldn't come out until the following day. Inconvenient, but again, we can deal with it. The ice maker in the freezer was broken and at first I thought the extra bags of ice left in the freezer were left there for our convenience until i noticed one was open. As i was putting things away, I noticed a spill and a wine cork in the bottom of the freezer. When i made coffee, I found the basket full of the last guest's coffee grounds. There were dishes in the dishwasher. The place had not been thoroughly cleaned. At all. Walking on the floor with bare feet was impossible without our feet being covered on grime. There was dirt and fingerprints on the end tables. The coffee table was dirty. Sitting on the couch, you could look under the (worn out) chairs and see leaves and other various debris. The dining room table had been neglected for so long that a magazine laying on it had stuck to it. After unpacking, I glanced down and found an empty soda can peeking out from under the dresser. There was a gas burning fireplace downstairs with no directions for use, and a wood burning one upstairs with the remnants of the previous guest's fire. The beds had been changed, (I hope), and clean linens were waiting, so I know someone at least walked into the place. I can't believe they thought it looked clean enough to not bother doing anything else. The stove was dirty, and when I pulled a baking sheet out of the drawer, it had clearly not been cleaned. Maintenance came the next afternoon, unlocked the bathroom door, showed us how to operate the fireplace, and left. When i went into the downstairs bathroom, it was a wreck. Stopped up toilet, poop to the rim. Unacceptable. We wasted another whole vacation day waiting, (again), for maintenance to unclog the toilet, THEN the cleaners to come clean the mess. All the bathrooms were full of hair. Too much to have just been missed. We were very disappointed in the place. Sad, because it has a lot of potential.