We had a great 4 night stay at Mark’s house. We hiked during the day and ate in wonderful restaurants in Asheville at night. We loved the front porch in the morning with coffee and in the evening with a glass of wine. The private driveway was a safe place for our bikes. Mark is a responsive host. He delivered chard straight from his garden one morning!
At night we had to run the A/C more than ideal to cool the warmest bedroom which rendered the rest of the house a bit chilly, which it turns out is good for sleeping. Since I am a restless sleeper the floors seemed extra squeaky at night. Two of the bedrooms have skylights which are lovely to watch the stars through, but bright in the morning. There are no screens on the main floor windows so we were hesitant to leave those open for long, though admittedly I did not see a single mosquito all week :) The lighting in the kitchen is a bit dim. Hot tub was only lukewarm according to my son. I did not try it.