The surroundings are beautiful ... lots of trees and plants and it's quiet and peaceful. Brian's response time was very good. And the place was very clean. However, there are no chairs at all in the house and no tables to use for eating meals. The only room with a TV (living room) had only one couch that sat two (or 3 if you scrunched real tight). For a place that is advertised up to 8, it is not particularly user-friendly for eating meals or for watching TV/videos on site. Certainly my family is sort of unique (2 older children with special needs, such that we eat most meals at home and watch lots of TV/videos), but it wouldn't be hard to put a couple of chairs and folding TV trays in there.