*sigh*…I loathe making even a semi-negative review, but the facts are the facts; that’s showbiz, baby. The River area behind house was pretty much completely dry which is beyond the owners control I know, but it was disappointing for sure; considering we only rented this house because of the River access. We had to walk down quite a ways to find a place to swim where the water looked clean. Now for the meat and potatoes; the roach situation was…. Substantial. Throughout our 5 night stay we killed over 20 live roaches and found around 15 dead. Roaches were running out of the cabinets while we were cooking, they were flying, it was real gross. The property manager did come spray for us, but we saw more after that, My brother and sister in law were staying in the new part of the house where it seemed the roaches preferred. My son was sleeping in the bunk beds in that part and a few of them were crawling on the bed frames. I’m worried that the house wasn’t cleaned very well between renters because the trash in the sunroom bathroom had feminine products in it when we arrived. I found some shoes under our bed, which is no big deal, just made it seem like it wasn’t really cleaned. The water pressure in the old part of the house is really really poor. I couldn’t wash my hair at first, but I worked on unclogging the shower head openings and the pressure was slightly better after that. The water also went from cool to scalding hot and there is no in between. Shaving my legs was pretty much a nightmare with that water temp, IYKYK. If you have toddlers or older people with you please consider that the steps down to the river are STEEP and there are 84 of them. The first two flights were okay but the 3rd flight got more narrow. I saw the stairs in the pictures of the house prior to our stay but I did not fully grasp the gravity of the situation. I am in pretty good shape and coming back up those stairs was challenging. The back porch was nice. The bedroom in the older part of the house has 3 outside walls and a window unit and it never gets super cold so if you need it really cold to sleep; don’t claim that room. A house that sleeps 16 people really needs a dishwasher. The breaker in the kitchen would blow when we cooked. Light in kitchen went on and off randomly. WiFi worked great. Several doorknobs need to be replaced. Pocket door in sun room bathroom is really hard to close and open. Would find somewhere else for the money.
