this is a very unique destination, an architecturally significant 19 bedroom mansion built in the late 1800's, with lovely outdoor seating areas, spacious common rooms with tall ceilings, stained glass and chandeliers, lively group meals are often hosted in one of the dining rooms, the live in manager Michael is fantastic, warm, friendly, attentive and helpful and still able to ensure that guests are considerate of each other, living there is an opportunity to meet many very interesting people, for example during my stay we had a capital murder attorney, a PhD engineer from MIT, a Harvard Rhodes scholar, several traveling nurses, a Brazilian computer consultant, a private jet pilot, a baker, an EMT, a recent college graduate writer, a Colombian interior design consultant, a VC rainmaker, a political consultant couple, an astrologist, a theater backstage manager as well as Michael who is a videographer among others, I enjoyed my almost three month stay and had only positive interactions with Michael, however I had a series of negative interactions with EJ the owner and so my advice would be to work thru Michael exclusively whenever possible ...