We spent a week here, using it as a base for day adventures like swimming, lots of hiking, seeing waterfalls, and rock hopping. We loved the rustic, primitive, and beautiful aesthetic that Joe has created. He built the place himself, and it has a hand done feel which was what we were looking for. Plus, having an outside bathroom was just lovely! We were there during Hurricane Lane and lived through 3 feet of rain in 3 days, which was intense - and Joe took great care of us all through it. Joe was right on hand and quick to respond to our questions and needs - which was pretty much every day - and helped us figure out the local sights and adventures, but otherwise left us to it. Despite feeling very soggy after that rain experience, we had a great time!! I would highly recommend Joe's place, especially if you would like more advice and interaction with your host. Joe is respectful, friendly and kind, and harkens back to the early days of the airbnb experience of connecting with your host, instead of having a distant host who is renting their vacation home via a secondary service. However much or little interaction you'd like, he's sensitive to your needs.
It might be important to know that he has a couple of other airbnb spaces on the same property like a small complex, which is great especially if you are a bigger group and rent them at the same time, but it wouldn't lend to complete privacy as they are pretty close and there are some spaces that are outside but covered so it could be a bit noisy. We had the place to ourselves so we were very happy, and its hard to beat the price, but if that is a consideration for you, it's worth knowing.
All in all, we loved being here! Lots of Instagram-worthy vignettes as my daughter will tell you!
Thanks so much, Joe, for your care and help, and if we head to the east side again, we'd definitely rent this space again!