The pictures of this house are a little deceiving. The house is dated and has a weird layout, and you can tell it has seen a lot of wear and tear over the years. There is a very extensive list of rules you receive before you check in (19 to be exact), one of which states there are no red liquids allowed anywhere on the property (seriously?!). Kind of ironic since the white carpet was so extensively stained. We paid over $4500 to spend 3 nights in this house and some of the amenities were disappointing (ex: the soap in the bathrooms had been watered down multiple times. You can’t spend $2 for a fresh hand soap?). One of the “bedrooms” wasn’t a bedroom at all…the ceiling was barely 6ft tall and there were no windows so it felt like a dungeon. One of our guests even found a roach in their bed, but that’s not too surprising since the trash cans were overflowing when we got there.
Blake’s communication could have been better as well. I emailed him a month before our arrival asking for the waivers that everyone needed to sign. He never sent then, and I had to deal with text messages from him throughout the trip asking where the paperwork was. I asked for an early check in a few days before our arrival and was told that wasn’t possible because they had a reservation checking out that morning and they needed time to clean. Blake was nice enough to offer to let us drop our bags off in the garage if we’d like, and I gladly accepted since we had people arriving at different times and we needed to drop our stuff off before our afternoon activities. There is no way into the garage except through the house, so one of our group walked through the house to get to the garage. Shortly after I received a call from Blake saying “We needed to get out of there ASAP because the cleaning company couldn’t clean while we were there”. I understand the need to be out of the way, but not the best way to make your guests feel welcome when we were in the house for less than 60 seconds. There are also cameras throughout the property, so if you don’t mind receiving text messages that make it clear someone is watching your every move, this house is for you.