Overall the property is decent. I’d say 3.5 stars. The reasoning for the lack of 5 stars is listed below.
1) master bed creaks so much. There’s basically no support underneath it. The mattress curves and tries to make you roll to the center. The sheets seemed to be microfiber and the pillows terrible. Something the guest can easily remedy if they know the pitfalls. Linens could be easily upgraded at a cheap cost by the host.
2) hot water was terrible. Lasted about two min. Get in and out of that shower and don’t try to take a bath! Addressed with rental agency (BCC) who states they just replaced the tank. Maybe the temp wasn’t set correctly. Seemed like it was set to 100 degrees!
3) no curtains in master bath, minimal in bedroom. You’re in the woods, so you should be good… but there’s nothing to block out light. Weird at night because people could be voyers.
4) railing by pool table to the left when looking at the door is unstable. Bows with minimal pressure. Needs support under along bottom rail or a beam to support it. Pool table is also extremely undersized to a standard table with stains all over the felt.
5) many cobwebs on ceiling in master. Noticed this during power outage. Average guest may not see this under normal circumstances… bringing me to my next point.
Blue creek cabins manages this property. You are in a secluded area using one way dirt roads to get in and out of the rental. We happened to be there during a storm that knocked out power and subsequently water for one night, the following day, and into the next evening when we decided to get out of there since we had two kids and dogs with us. Freezing cold, couldn’t even flush a toilet. Couldn’t do dishes or any of the cleaning measures on the check out list due to this.
I called blue creek cabins a number of times to discuss this. I had to report the outage when it occurred at 0300 (AM). Spent about an hour on hold with GA power to find out they had habersham electric… patiently tried to wait for its return by going to Helen for the day. We were trapped in one way by downed power lines. Jamie at BCC was not the most helpful and basically said to wait for the utilities to return, that this has only ever happened once before (irrelevant to my trials yet helpful for those reading this). I ended up getting a refund on the last night of the rental after she called me back. Won’t forget this experience unless I get dementia. Also, this is in a series of other cabins.