Paz como um rio - e muito mais!

The pictures really don’t do the property justice. It was a wonderful stay with breathtaking views all around. Charlie was a gracious host and offered a variety of activities in the area. Tiger hung out with us in the beach while we fished and ran around with our dog. The house had everything we needed and then some! We definitely want to go back!

My husband and I loved this property - Charlie, the host, has all the "extras" that you need: kitchen items like ketchup and mayo in the fridge, salt, pepper, sugar, etc. -- and firewood, camping chairs, etc. for outside. He is gracious and kind and the cabin is just fantastic. The river is gorgeous, too - and Charlie has cleared out the land so that you've got a place to picnic, a bench to see the water - even a porta potty!

My only complaint - and others have mentioned this in their reviews, is that the neighbor's pack of dogs (about 7-10 in number) go into full bark/intimidate mode when you take the road from the cabin to the river. It didn't bother us so much, because we decided to drive down(very steep! - but well maintained), but it would have totally freaked me out if I wasn't in a car.

The pack of dogs leaves you alone once you get to the river - and there you are greeted by Charlie's very friendly dogs. It was fun to watch them romp and play together (and they aren't too pushy about wanting to be pet, but appreciate it.)

We lost our 11 1/2 old dog in January, and are planning to get another pup later this spring - so we're totally dog crazy, and all the canine activity didn't bother us...but I do wish I had been "forewarned" a little more about it.

That said, we really enjoyed our time, and would like to come back...and maybe we'll bring our own 4-footed pal!

We had a lovely weekend in Arrington. Our hope was for a small cabin nestled in the woods far away from the outside world and that's EXACTLY what we got!!! The house is charming and the kitchen has everything we needed. The owners we kind enough to alert us to a less than complimentary review and let us know that if we had any concerns they would address them in advance. We did not. They were concerned that we would be put off by ladybugs which are prevalent in the area, but the few we saw stayed to the windows. We had no problems. I will say that when we decided to have dinner out one night, finding a nice restaurant was difficult. We ended up at the Lovingston Cafe. Low key casual just like our cabin, but a decent wine and beer list and excellent food. We did not stay for Karaoke night :) To summarize, it was a perfect weekend and we'll definitely go back!

You have to coordinate your arrival time with the owner that lives next door so he can meet you at the house. He shows you around the house and talks to you for about 30 mins. I am not used to this and didn't really care for it, but others may like it.

The house was not very clean at all. The master bed sheet was covered in brown specks that we still aren't sure what they were so we didn't sleep in the bed. There was a lot of mouse droppings and urine in the bathroom floor and also in the spice cabinet and counter top.

The heat is useless in the house. With is set to 70 you are comfortable in the livingroom but one bedroom is freezing and the other is so hot my son had to sleep with the window open and fan on.

The thing that happened to finally tip me over the edge was when my son (9 yr old) wanted to build a fire in the fire pit. I grabbed the fire pit and wood and sent him into the house to find some matches. He didn't find any matches but he did find 2 porno movies in the lower kitchen cabinet! I can't imagine why you would have these at a vacation house that you rent out!

I liked the land and area plus a beautiful river area once you get down to it. If these things were different I think it would be a great place to stay.