I am sad to have to write this review. I have never left a negative review. However, I want people to know. The owner was impossible to work with. First, check in time came and went and I had no info on how to access the house. Vrbo nor myself were able to contact him by phone or message over several days and hours of attempts. Vrbo had to put us up in a hotel the first night. Next morning I get a message from the owner with access info and a message that Vrbo’s system was down, mind you he was supposed to send the info 3 days prior to check in, and he could of answered at-least one of the many phone calls IF that was the case. Once we receive the info we did decide to stay at the house as our main plan for the vacation was fishing from the dock and we were not able to find anything else available last minute that would fit our family of 10 plus a dog. We thought it couldn’t be worse then a hotel. Wrong…now, I have been trying to contact him regarding the refund for the first night that we were not able to stay there and no response from him again. To be honest I feel like I shouldn’t have to be asking for a refund. A good host would of had me a refund before my vacation was over.
The location is wonderful, close to a lot, the outdoor space was peaceful, love the arrangement, in need of lots of upkeep but still enjoyable. We were able to enjoy fishing with the exception of the dock had several boards missing making it unsafe for our younger kids.
The house itself COULD be such a great space if it was kept up and cleaned better. I’m a country girl and understand this type of location spiders and mice happen. But, mice droppings in the silverware drawer and in pots that still had baked food on them is not acceptable. We had planned to cook most meals and we had to cancel our grocery order because no way was I eating in the kitchen. We did grill steaks the first night and that was miserable because EVERYTHING had to be cleaned and we had to buy so much kitchen supplies to make ir happen. 2 coffee pots and neither worked right. Please, they are not that expensive. The living room rug didn’t seem to be vacuumed, lots of dog hair and the smell of the house was very musky, hard to get use to. Again the space could be so nice if it was just better taken care of. It appeared to be very neglected. Such protential I would love to stay here again but I will NOT. Just heartbreaking to see something that could be so great turn out so bad.