The house is in a great location and from the pictures, it looked like the house was going to be awesome. Unfortunately, as we pulled up it became clear that maybe it wasn't going to be good. I got the key to open the door and the screen door was filthy and had cobs webs. Here is just a short list of things that were not suitable:
1. There were dead bugs on the window sills upstairs and downstairs.
2. The walls are not clean and need paint, and the handrail going upstairs is sticky with something.
3. On various places in the bathroom the paint is flaking off.
4. Cobwebs are present in just about every window. My husband had a large spider suspend down from the ceiling in the shower to drop on him as he showered.
5. There was mold in the downstairs bedroom on the window shade. It had been there for a while. This was not a new thing.
6. There was a frog in the drain of the downstairs bathroom that began jumping around.
7. There was a pan in the cupboard that had food residue.
8. The comforter downstairs had stains.
9. The deck railing was rotted and falling apart in several places, and would not hold a person’s weight if they fell against it. This should really be dealt with immediately, someone is going to get hurt.
10. The deck railing is not up to code, as it was short, and our 2 year old grandson could have squeezed through some gaps. In other places someone had installed some weird vertical railings to cover some of these gaps, but they didn't cover all of them.
11. The spaces under the deck were dirty and unkempt, so we couldn't have the kids in those areas.
12. The WI-fi was terrible. We had to restart the cable router 10+ times. It would function about 30 minutes and then shutdown. As there is no cell coverage at the house, wi-fi is important for safety, as we could have used that to make a call. Two of our kids were trying to complete their MBA courses on Saturday, they tried at this house, and they ended up going to my brothers house to complete their class.
13. North upstairs screen door would not open, unless you grabbed it from the bottom. My 83 year old mother was not able to open the door.
14. We could go on because there is more.
So we really wanted to love this space. It is within walking from my brothers house and the rest of our family reunion stayed there. This house had a great view from the deck, and we didn't even try the sauna, but in all honesty you should be giving us a refund. Our kids both left early and didn't stay with us, because they didn't want their infant and toddler crawling around this space.