I was very disappointed with the experience with this host. After requesting a booking based on the listed price, the host contacted me to let me know the price would be higher during the requested days because it would be peak leaf season in Asheville. I decided to book anyway although I wish I hadn't.

When I hadn't heard from the host two days before my scheduled trip, I e-mailed and asked for the check-in information. Josh said he would send me directions and asked me where I was coming from. I didn't need directions, I needed the ability to enter the cabin. After not receiving any follow-up from him, I e-mailed again the night before my trip. He finally got back to me with driving directions and the lock box code for the cabin.

My girlfriends and I arrived to a clean but very basic cabin up a very steep drive. There is no view and it's very dark. I would suggest taking a flashlight to guide yourself up the stairs onto the porch. There was no welcome material, guides or instructions for anything. There were several brochures for surrounding attractions. The cabin was too warm and we had to figure out how to turn off the heat without some of the thermostats being labeled (the writing had worn off due to age). The third bedroom is a sofabed and when I pulled out the bed there were no linens for it. I looked all over the house and all I found was a damp blanket in the dryer. Luckily, I had brought a sleeping bag and I stayed on the couch downstairs as to not lie directly on a dingy mattress.

As mentioned in previous reviews, you can hear a pin drop anywhere in the cabin. We all downloaded noise machine apps for our phones in attempts to get some sleep. Despite this, we all were woken anytime someone walked around at all.

We were very excited about the hot tub, but I'm assuming it had not been turned early enough in the day as it was warm, but not hot. There were no instructions and we spent ten minutes trying to navigate the control screen.

On the last morning we ran a little late while trying to clean up (without any sort of instructions) and I received a phone call ten minutes after check-out time from Josh telling me we needed to vacate the premises, check out was 11am and they needed to get in to prepare for the next group. I was truly creeped out. The cabin feels remote and I wondered if he had driven by, had a neighbor watch us or had the cabin bugged? It was so rude to me that the only proactive communication I received was to tell me to leave. I DO NOT recommend this host.