Rating Details:
The property manager was adequately helpful.
The vacation rental was very dirty.
I was somewhat unhappy with the location.
I was very dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental.
Overall, I do not recommend this vacation rental.
Reviewer Comments:
Do not recommend! My friends and my family have been renting vacation properties in the Deep Creek area for years now, so this review is based off of a long list of houses we’ve seen. We’re not particularly picky people, as long as we have a good clean space, we’re generally happy. Not the case with this house. For starters, despite the property being advertised for 10+ people, I would not recommend more than 2 families with 2 kids each at the same time in this house. Although the bedrooms are large and spacious, the common areas where we spent most of our time were small - 8 people would be comfortable, but that should be the max! We could not all sit together to eat or chat or play a game. The deck did not have sitting accommodations for that many people either (we were 5 families with small kids). The biggest concerns were twofold - general maintenance and cleanliness. From a maintenance perspective, the fridge was not working and even though we called and someone supposedly came to fix it, it still did not work properly and we ended up throwing away a lot of food. In addition the grill was out of gas - even though we were reimbursed, one of us had to make a run for a new bottle, so it was an inconvenience. If this was the only issue with this house, I wouldn’t even mention it, but it was one of many. From a cleanliness perspective, which is always my main concern, there was a lot to be desired - the jacuzzi was, for lack of better words, simply disgusting. Not sure when it might have been last cleaned and there was no trace of the proper chemicals being present. Toilets were also not cleaned well, shower liners (which can be bought at the dollar store) were old and disgusting and the downstairs bathroom floor was dirty. Last, the house must have had (or has) an issue with insulation - the whole basement floor, where one of the bedrooms is, had that musky smell.