We booked the carriage house at the last minute; it was really the only place available for our dates. And we thoroughly enjoyed the trip but there are somethings I wish I’d realized about the carriage house. It was comfortably clean and came with all of the amenities described and most anything needed for a long weekend. The covered parking was a gift in the summer heat. I do however wish I’d known that the carriage house is very, very close to the main house - they share a driveway, I mean so close we could hear the main house a/c unit running and cars in and out of the driveway. We brought our own chairs to sit outside under the carport (for some privacy) but there is seating in the main house backyard. As for the area, we ended up driving into Austin for nice dinners out and explored state parks during the day - both required an hour or more in the car; there didn’t seem be options for dinner close by - although lots of breweries and distilleries around.
After the first night, we asked Kathryn to move the bed away from (really out from underneath) a terribly loud wall a/c unit. She was accommodating - did it that day while we were out. We really appreciated it and it was so much more comfortable but oddly, we never heard from Kathryn again after I’d asked for her help with this. She didn’t say when it was done or ask how things were. We also sent a polite thank you message at check out, letting her know we’d emptied the trash and washed dishes and nothing. No reply. I found that very odd.