Long story short: cute space in a quiet neighborhood, but mildew scented sheets and towels.

I’ve waited two days to take myself away from the situation and revise the tone of my review that I initially wrote the morning following our one night stay at the East Nashville Guesthouse.

We only booked the East Nashville Guesthouse for one night. We checked in around 4 pm and decided to rest before heading out to dinner. That’s when we pulled back the covers of the bed and realized that the sheets reeked of a mildew scent—like when they are left in the washer for an extended period of time. I contacted the hosts around 5:30 pm when we were out for dinner, notifying them of the issue and asking if there were any way that we could get a fresh set of sheets. They responded an hour or so later seeming surprised and that they would contact the cleaners. I didn’t hear back from them until about 22 hours later—long after we had checked out the next morning. We had to sleep on top of the blanket and use a throw blanket to cover us just to try to avoid the mildew scent. But once we had initially pulled back the covers, there is no getting rid of that scent. The only reason we even stayed was due to the fact that we had already spent so much money on this space and didn’t want to spend even more on a hotel room.

I’m not sure how the hosts were surprised as this seems to be an ongoing issue. After browsing their more recent reviews, we are at least the third guests that have stayed there and reported this issue. The towels also all had a heavy mildew scent to them. I do not know how in good conscious that this is being allowed to keep happening, or how the issue was not fixed when we informed them of it during our stay. I’m sure that there are multiple sets of sheets, towels, and blankets that get rotated between this space in between guests, but please throw out the ones that have this mildew scent.