First off the goods and there were many,
The kitchen was really nice, the inside of the house was well kept, the master bedroom was comfortable, the hot tub was nice and worked, the game room was a plus, lots of movies as noted, coffee machine was a nice touch. The creek was a blast chasing trout and fish. Internet and phone came in very handy and the owner did check on us about the satellite and new a/c.
Now the not so nice. I don't want to sound picky but all these items added up to the point that they took away from the overall stay enough that we would likely drive past it in the future.
It's not "secluded 25 acres" especially when you sit in the hot tub and look at the front door of the neighbor 50 yards down the driveway. The hot tub would have been more enjoyable if you didn't have a tree directly above you dropping leaves and sticks in the water as well as the fact that the gutters above you were overflowing with last years leaves and you were just waiting for a breeze to send them all down on you.
The back porch needs a serious pressure washing, every chair, table the porch itself and handrails was deeply covered with something dirty and sticky. The cushions around the glass table were dirty and one was ripped across the top. We had to put a towel on the chairs that we used when we sat on the porch. From the porch the creek was just visible through the grown up shrubs and trees that cut off most of the view. You could tell that it would have been a very nice view with some trimming.
The satellite didn't work but a third of the time that we were there, there was no remote for the DVR and seriously to put a 12 inch TV in the master bedroom with no connection to the satellite and no remote to even watch dvd's is in bad taste.
Back to the outside. We did enjoy a few games on the air hockey table and had thought of having a drink on the upstairs porch but changed our minds when we went out. There were wet and slippery leaves and moss all over the porch and tree limbs that hung down in your face. Again, it could have been a nice place to spend some time but we didn't want to risk it.
