Tara's place is great. We had a lovely time on our first trip to Ashville. The house is about 15 minutes from everything in Ashville about equally close to several national and state parks. The house had everything we needed. We didn't eat-in except for, take-out food, but it the kitchen had everything needed. It had everything we needed from the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. We brought our dog and she liked it as well. We were there at the beginning of spring, and it was a little on the cool side, so we didn't really get to enjoy sitting on the porch and such, but it is lovely. Everything was very clean and everything was in very nice condition.
We did not get to meet the local bear, but we did meet two super nice black labs.
Bottom line: Skip the hotel and and support local. We would absolutely recommend this place.