I don't generally take the time to write reviews, but I am with this one because reviews are important in making decisions like these.
My husband and I chose this property to host Christmas for our family. Having an open concept floor plan and kitchen was important because while we were cooking we didn't want to be isolated from the family.
Unfortunately, we were hit with Winter Storm Elliott and didn't arrive until 9am the next day of our 4 night stay. The owner did not accommodate us by refunding or even partially refunding the day we missed due to no fault of our own.
Once we arrived to the property it looked abandoned from the outside. Leaves were everywhere including piled up in the driveway where we parked the car. Check in was smooth and easy as we just followed the instructions.
Once inside, we were in for a surprise. The home is very old. The pictures depict a more modern home but that wasn't the case. The home is in desperate need of an interior paint job and the hardwood floors need refurbished. The furniture is very very old and some pieces were badly stained. The furniture sits low to the ground and guests had to roll off the couches to get up.
Because of the storm, it was abnormally cold in the city and the house. Because it's an older home it took a while to warm up and it was drafty. I kept turning the heat on the highest temperature, someone on the owner's side kept turning it down to 70 something. My family members were cold and kept their coats on the entire day's visit. I had to boil water in 2 pots and turn on the oven to generate heat.
The water pressure was low and it took a while for the water to get hot. It doesn't get really hot, just really warm.
There's not a lot of window coverings which in itsself isn't bad, however because the neighborhood has a lot of "walkers" I would have preferred more privacy.
In the kitchen the blinds are transparent that you can see straight through them from the outside in the dark hours. The same blinds are in the master bathroom and makes taking a shower at night impossible because of the lack of privacy. I didn't like that.
There's only 1 TV in the whole house. There needs to be TVs in the bedrooms or other places.
I asked the owner if there was a BBQ grill and he replied yes, we'll be the first to use it. When we got there it was still in the box not set up.
The master bed was comfortable. All of the rooms were spacious and the owner replied quickly to other situations.