The house was great for our large group - lots of places to sit and a table that fit us all. Plenty of towels and it was clean if you didn't move the furniture. A few solid reasons for the three-star rating though:
- The biggest issue was the steep driveway. It snowed quite a bit and, unknown to us, we had to shovel it. There was one snow shovel and one gardening shovel. We spent five hours over two days clearing and pushing cars up the incline to get out. (There was a snow machine, but no instructions on how to use it.) When I contacted the owner they only offered to bring salt by on the last morning... but they didn't! We bought our own and did a bunch of work to clear it out. Luckily, we're all young and somewhat fit... we worried about older groups who might stay there. They really should get a service or something.
- A lot of lightbulbs were out. At least four throughout the house not including the nightlights. The stairs were kind of dark so that could have been dangerous.
- The pullout couch in the basement is absolutely awful. Two thin layers of foam on creaky springs. One of us ended up sleeping upstairs on a regular couch because it was so bad. It needs to be replaced.
- The basement rooms were SO COLD. Even when we turned the heat up and had the basement fireplace on it was still really chilly down there. Also, there were extra sheets but no extra blankets. We went to bed cold every night.
- We ran out of basic household supplies like dishwasher soap and paper towels and had to buy our own. (Promise we didn't use a lot.)
- The hot tub smelled mossy and there wasn't anywhere to hang towels. The snow also blew in so you had to walk on snow to get in. (The view was very nice though! And semi-private)
Overall, we felt like it was pricey for what we got, but luckily we were mostly there for our own company anyway. Hope they figure out the few things above, then I'd happily recommend!