I’ll preface this review that fortunately we still had a great family trip to Crested Butte, the place is absolutely magical and beautiful. The location of this condo is good especially during ski season (I’d imagine).
First impression: Exterior of building newly updated and then you walk into the shared space of the condo and it’s dark, dirty and from the 70s. Walk into the condo and it’s fine..but definitely not accurately captured in the VRBO pictures. I thought I was renting a 3-3.5 star condo, and this was a 2….at best.
The bottom line: This condo is best described as a college dorm/dog toilet/crash pad. Within minutes, the noxious smell was overwhelming; we opened every window and door possible to air it out. It absolutely was cleaned, as it wreaked of bleach too…and it definitely has been pet friendly a bit too long because it smelled like many, many dogs have marked it as theirs. I get it, we have 2 dogs…this was REALLY REALLY bad. The couches and carpet were beyond disgusting—you can see where other dogs have stained it (it isn’t burns from the fireplace). We used the sheets, as suggested, to cover the couch AND the carpet. The first night we lasted about 3 hours in the Master before my husband had a full-on asthma attack!! The Master was by far THE MOST disgusting space. We ended up closing the door and not using that bedroom the entire stay.
The first morning, my entire family (including a 2 yo) were wheezy, stuffed up and had headaches. We were about to leave to go back home but couldn’t justify it. Although seeing your precious 2 yo, struggling because of the dirty place you put her, is very tough as a parent. So we stayed anywhere BUT inside the condo, loaded up on antihistamines (adults only) and ended up sleeping in the guest rooms. Yes..we paid top dollar and had to share bunk beds with the entire family.
If the carpet was removed and new couches this would not be a health danger. Now, during times of COVID (although vaccinated), we will all need COVID tests before we can go back to work and daycare. Cherry on top.
What an absolute bummer and a HUGE waste of money. We thought we splurged but really got ripped off. Beware…
**Also to note, this is the first time I have ever felt compelled to leave a review that is negative.