My wife and I spent 10 days at Rodney's place while visiting Asheville for our honeymoon. The location is ideal because it is outside the city in a quiet neighborhood, but most of the places we went were still only a 10-15 minute drive away. He provides suggestions on places to visit and eat - we didn't really use them since we had already planned out an itinerary, but it's still great to have those available. Rodney was there to greet us when we checked in and gave us a quick tour of the place, but after that he stayed out of our way unless we needed something. He and his wife live in the duplex next door, and occasionally we would hear the dog or the ice machine, but we still felt like we had enough privacy.
There is a kitchen available, but it may not get used much - we had to wash all the plates and utensils before we used them to take off a layer of dust. Also, there is no central A/C, but just ceiling fans and a window unit in the kitchen. We had to keep it on essentially all the time in order to keep the place cool in the middle of July, but we turned it off during meal times so we could actually talk to each other because it is pretty loud. If you close the bedroom door at night, it may still be warm even with the ceiling fan on high. One other minor annoyance is that from the bedroom you have to go through the kitchen and around the corner to get to the bathroom, so it's not quite as convenient as having it connect to the bedroom.
All in all though, we had a great stay and a wonderful time here - it was a quiet and peaceful retreat when we returned from each day's activities. If you're not planning to do much cooking or you don't come in the middle of a heat wave, it will probably be an even more amazing experience for you than it was for us.