This is a good sized home with very nice views from the deck off the dining room and the balcony off the lovely master bedroom upstairs. The house was very clean and getting in was easy. It has a very large refrigerator and the kitchen is fairly spacious. The home is in a very peaceful neighborhood that’s pretty for walking (very hilly for a good workout). About a mile away is a major thoroughfare with restaurants, drug stores, a post office, coffee shops, spas, nail salons and a variety of grocery stores. Unfortunately, with a thoroughfare, comes a lot of traffic, seemingly at all hours, so you must allow time to get to even close places.
Good points:
- Nice views, peaceful walkable neighborhood
- large ‘fridge & most basics for cooking
- close proximity to good restaurants & grocery stores
- direct to AVL
- very clean, nice-sized, & really beautiful MBR & BA
-sturdy tables in DR & kitchen
-very wide steps leading up to house from low DW
- comfortable beds, sofa, upholstered chair & ottoman; can access Netflix, etc on TVs in den & MBR
- exceptional balcony off MBR. Watching sun rise there is a memorable experience
-large French press (but no coffee grinder that I saw)
-Darlene was very responsive & resolved minor door issue
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Not great:
- 3 outdoor porch lights didn’t work, although one did come on after power outage, & with uncovered glass window in door from outside to kitchen, I felt vulnerable. Also made using outdoor steps worrisome until motion detector below in DW was activated. Thin gauzy covers on ground floor den windows added to unease without outdoor lights at night. MBR bath window has no covering, & it’s right next to shower. (Uncomfortable for dark morning showering)
- Hendersonville corridor is crowded seemingly all the time. Must build in lots of extra time (& patience) for traveling
- no coffee table in den
- the deck door and almost none of upstairs windows in the back have screens, so they can’t be used for cross ventilation without risking bugs, rain coming in
- the driveway is quite steep. I’d be concerned with ice or snow.
- no spices except salt, pepper, & garlic salt. (I left cumin). No grater (I left a small one) or Pyrex-type glass for liquid measure. I discovered these while making guacamole.
All in all, I enjoyed my stay very much. I would probably not stay in that area of Asheville in the future because of the traffic.