My wife wanted to get away for a weekend for her birthday. We have 6 kids so it’s pretty special when we’re able to have some quiet time away. The property manager uses email instead of VRBO to communicate check in instructions, it made it more complicated than it needed to be but we got them. My wife’s favorite thing is to take a really hot bath without kids constantly bugging her. We rented this property mainly because the master bathroom has a 2 person jetted tub. When we arrived we were sorely disappointed to find out that the master tub was not working. Literally the only reason we rented this house was for the tub and we were never warned it wasn’t functioning.
We tried to shake off the bad mojo as there was a second smaller jetted tub in another bathroom. My wife began to fill the tub only to find out that the hot water in the house doesn’t actually get steamy hot, it just gets warm/ hot and the hot water only lasted a few minutes before turning cold. I tried reaching the property owner to see if he could help but he unfortunately didn’t respond until a couple of hours later. I wound up boiling water on the stove to try to give my poor, worn out, tired birthday wife a hot bath. She gave up on the bath after a bit and accepted the fact that she wasn’t going to get a nice bath for her birthday. Her next favorite thing to do is to turn on Netflix and watch her favorite movies with me. We went to turn on the TV and they only have old systems that are hooked up to DISH TV, so no Smart TV and no Netflix or Hulu. We were 0 for 2. Luckily the local restaurants came through for us and the food was great. Every time we took a shower we would have to turn the hot water all the way on and it would get warm enough to shower for a few minutes before going cold again after a short time. Not having something as basic as steamy hot water readily available, really put a damper on the entire weekend. To be fair the owner did offer to come look at the water heater but it was Saturday night and it meant he would have to come into the master bedroom, closet area to do so. We were both tired and in our pajamas so we declined as we were leaving the next day. If they could get the hot water figured out, tub fixed, update their TV situation to Smart Streaming TV’s, this property would be a solid 5 starts.
The beds and furniture are comfortable and the decor is nicely done. Wouldn’t recommend this property until the hot water issues are resolved.