Upon arrival we had the perfect welcome committee. While unloading our vehicle a black bear placed his nose in our open vehicle door trying to decide if we needed help. Once seeing we were doing just fine he waddled away into the woods. Greatful for that experience. The house has a huge covered porch with plenty of rockers, chairs, picnic table and swing which we utilized to enjoy the amazing mountain views rain or shine. It was our morning coffee and end of day place to be. Two clean grills available outside, dont forget to bring charcoal and matches (no lighters or matches in the house. The loft is big and open with a great whirlpool (just dont plan on privacy from other house member 😉 due to the openess) Appliances top end making it easy to prepare meals, do laundry and wash dishes. Refrigerator makes ice nice for a small cooler for day trips. We knew to bring laundry soap but other things I wish we would have brought: pen and paper(none in house) dish soap and dish detergent, garbage bags, syran wrap or containers with lids if you plan to cook and store items. Soap provided did not help to wash the dishes. Upon arrival we pulled the plates out to eat and there was still food stuck to them so we did dishes right away. The kitchen garbage can smelled. The garbage can was wet with something smelly under the garbage bag, so we cleaned that out good. The house has a very handy outdoor water spicket to clean coolers and such which is nice. The downstairs tub drained extremely slow which was gross and took lots of time between people showering. (when showering with the drain open the tub filled 2 inches past ankle).
We noticed most houses have staples left behind, this one had none but we assume it's due to Covid.
Check in process was great very easy to communicate with owner.
Location; This first day was very quiet and it felt like a true getaway. The following 5 nights Sat to Wed it was loud with partying and laughter from the house above and one below the house
Not uncomfortable but not the mountain solitude we had hoped for.
We are glad we stayed here but wonder for the price if there might be something better.