My girlfriend and I booked this cabin to get away for our birthdays. Unfortunately Andrew told me the cabin had been double booked for part of our stay, but he had a smaller one. We wanted to spend any time we could in the 1st cabin, but we planned on being dropped off and picked up and wanted to avoid the expense of a car to change locations. He offered to get us a ride and we accepted.
We found trash lying around. The well was funky with a piece of moldy wood in the shaft and an old rubber tube going into the murk. We boiled river water. The interior was where it got bad with mouse feces everywhere. On everything, but most unfortunately, on/in the bed. The CDC says not to stay in any cabin in NY with a rodent infestation to avoid Hantavirus. We had backpacking quilts, so we made dinner and slept outside. The low temps and high winds were preferable. In the morning I resolved to clean it up and stick it out. After bagging trash, scrubbing furniture, and cleaning mouse poop from nightstand and bed, I started on the bedframe and lifted the mattress, finding more poop than I was willing to deal with. We were emailing with Andrew, and he agreed to have us driven to the 2nd cabin that day. It must be a known issue, as there was a cooler labeled, “NO MOUSE ZONE”… filled with mouse poo.
Pros: Good firewood & tools. The patio is good once cleaned up and cooking at the fire pit was nice. The woods/river are lovely.
We got the ride to the 2nd cabin by the lake. There was trash in the fire pit and unburied human poo and toilet paper in the surrounding area, but it was much cleaner and cute with it’s raw birch ladder. It’s tiny, but a more pleasant stay. We would give the 2nd cabin 4 stars out of 5.
To his credit, Andrew offered to pay us for the cleaning. We said to not worry about that, but that we would like to get the rental cost of the 1st night credited back, since we spent it outside. Not to his credit, he never replied.
We would have given the 1st cabin we are reviewing 3 stars if it had been clean. As it was, we would give it no stars. Add a 2 stars for the ride to the second cabin, but lose one for not responding regarding a credit. All in all, 1 star for this cabin experience.
I can see potential for this rental to be a great stay with some TLC and less rodent issues. With the good reviews, it must’ve been better once. I’ve reviewed as honestly as possible to help people get an accurate view. We wouldn’t have booked if we’d known.