The kitchen was well-equipped. The large deck was a pleasant place to sip morning coffee. The mattress on the bed that my wife and I used was truly great, one of the best mattresses I have ever slept on.
Unfortunately, there were several disappointments and frustrations. Only two washcloths were provided, even though there were three of us renting the house; we repeatedly asked for more washcloths but never received them, so we struggled with two washcloths for three people over six days. Three bath towels were provided for the three of us, so we asked for extras to use during our six-day stay; no more were provided, but we scoured all the cabinets and eventually found more. There was no towel rack in one of the bathrooms – no place at all to hang a towel that would be used (or had been used) in that bathroom. There were no paper towels provided for the kitchen until we asked and received them the next day. There is neither an inside dining table nor a coffee table, so eating a meal indoors was a bit of a problem. Although there are multiple televisions, they do not receive broadcast channels or cable channels.
The owners informed us a couple of days before check-in that the road would likely be closed on the day of our check-out, and indeed advance notices were posted along the road saying it would be closed at 8:00 a.m. that day. With no other way to leave the property than that road, we were quite concerned about how we would be able to load our car and drive away. When I asked for help, the owners initially said it would not be a problem because the road work always starts late. When I persisted with my concern and request for help, the owners said we should pack up our car at 8:00, i.e. three hours earlier than specified check-out time, and park it a quarter of a mile away, down a steep hill. No other alternatives were offered, which was very frustrating to us. (Actually, we could not even be assured of walking to the car once the road work reached the front of the house, because there are no sidewalks or other places to walk; pedestrians must walk in the road.) The owners could have attempted to negotiate with the road contractor or the Home Owners Association, or they could have offered us a small rebate on our rental cost, but they did neither. In the end we loaded our car before 8:00 (requiring us to get up far earlier than we had planned) and parked down at the bottom of the hill. Then we walked back to the house to spend a few more minutes there before leaving for good at 8:45, two hours earlier than planned – all because we could not get any assistance from the owners in finding a constructive approach to coping with the road work. The road work was indeed underway before we left, though not yet directly at our lodging, so we could walk to the car. All of this was quite anxiety-producing, not the way one hopes to spend a relaxing vacation.