Pamela was very responsive to all of our questions. This house has no air conditioning. We wound up visiting during an unusual heat wave that made the upstairs bedrooms practically unbearable to be in, let alone sleep. When I messaged her about this at 10:30pm, she instantly responded and brought over several extra fans. There is also another rental unit on the property that does have AC. She kindly let us stay there for a night, which we appreciated very much.
Because there is no air conditioning, they recommended we keep the windows open to get a breeze going through the house. This proved to be an issue because some of the screens are old and have holes, so mosquitos got in the house. Many of the cranks to open the windows do not work, so we were not even able to open all of the windows.
The kitchen was crawling with ants. All food should be kept in sealed containers. We had to throw away muffins and a loaf of bread that was covered in ants after a night. Pamela’s husband was in the process of trying to get rid of the ants, so I would just confirm before booking.
There are a large number of outlets that don’t work and there are exposed and faulted wiring throughout the house. Specifically, the outlet by the microwave sparked when we plugged it in. We couldn’t use the toaster and microwave at the same time. There is no way that the wiring and outlets were up to code.
Overall, I wish I could give this house and stay 5 stars, but it has basic maintenance issues that need to be fixed. I would definitely not recommend this place to a family with small children.
However, Pamela and James were lovely, the house was spacious and clean, and we loved Jamestown. They gave us shampoo, soap, water, had a grill, etc. If we had to do it again, we would probably try one of their other properties.