To save everyone from a long, wordy review, here are the things wrong with this rental:
• Overpriced
• The entire home needed a cleaning. For the cleaning fee charged, you would expect not to be able to write your name in dust.
• The bathroom ceiling has obvious water damage that has been painted over once, but the brown water stains remain.
• You will find the balcony separating from the wall in the master bedroom, causing a concern for anyone walking onto it.
• The antiquated dryer did not work like the management company stated. The missing dial was apparently intended. They did offer to come check it, but we left before we needed to use it. We would’ve stayed our entire rental period and used both the washer and dryer but were disgusted with the entire experience.
• The photos online are a bad representation of the actual space. These photos were likely taken with a wide-angle lens to make the best shot, but the guest bedroom is much smaller than the photo makes it appear.
• The view overlooking the valley below is lackluster in the winter. While we would understand a winter view to not be the best, don’t charge fall prices if you can’t deliver on the home itself.
• We had to temporarily repair one of the recliners so it would recline properly.
• Finally, while you stay at this rental, you will be greeted with noises in the wall. At first unsure of where they were coming from, we are fairly certain they were squirrels from the nuts that fell from the master bathroom exhaust vent. You will also find a rotten board along the chimney where they likely enter/exit.
We did visit the rental host and complained of how upset we were. The manager offered to fix the dryer and have someone clean but missed the point that at this price we shouldn’t have these issues and the misrepresentation of this property made us feel duped. While we would have appreciated a refund of some of the cost, we received nothing and left two nights before the rental time ended. We expected this to be one of the better rentals we’ve been to since it had a premium price tag. (Several dollars more than we’ve paid for VRBOs in New Orleans, LA, Santa Rosa, FL or Blue Ridge, GA.) Unfortunately, this was not the case. We're marking this one up as stupid tax, licking our wounds and searching for another vacation spot.
