The farm is beautiful. My sisters and I wanted somewhere to take our children where they could run free in nature for a couple of days and all be together. Sort of camping without the tent. So we were expecting to sort of "rough it." We weren't expecting a 4 star hotel.
Janet was nice enough to allow us to check in early. We unloaded our stuff and realized that she was working on the farm that day. Right around us. Then she informed us that other people would be staying at the other little springhouse and bunkhouse which are much closer to the farmhouse than it seemed in the pictures.
The farmhouse wasn't the cleanest, but for the most part it was what we expected. The bathtub seemed dirty. We tried scrubbing it, but it was just stained. The kids were grossed out by it and definitely had to shower in flip flops. The upstairs bedrooms with the carpet smell like pee. Keep in mind there is NO microwave.
The first day we were there the water stopped working, so the toilet wouldn't flush, etc. So she said she would take care of it. So we went off on an adventure since we couldn't use the facilities.
She let us know when everything was working again, and when we came back she was gone. There was someone else at the springhouse which is right next to the farmhouse. A man. He would stand there and stare at us with the door open, or he would stand on the top of his steps. It made us extremely uncomfortable. We had little kids.
The next day we decided to walk to the pond. It was so far and difficult to get to for littles. I enjoyed the walk to them pond, but it is a lot further than advertised. You have to go through the farm, through the woods, over the creek and then you arrive at the pond which was pretty murky and also too deep to stand in. But it was a fun adventure! When we got back, for the rest of the day, the guy that stays at the springhouse that "works there" just moped around the grounds looking at us. He would seriously just roam around or sit in his house with the door open. How is it appropriate to have this man basically babysitting a group of women and children?
There is also a fire pit which we enjoyed.
The wrap around porch is amazing.
It is not the house itself that is getting two stars, it is more from the experience.
When we were checking out, we made sure that the house was cleaner than when we checked in. And then apparently we got something on a blanket and it wouldn't come out so we were charged $100.