Our stay was in the Cedar Treehouse which for the most part was really cute in concept. Definitely picture worthy and a cool tiny house experience. However, the level of cleanliness was not as thorough as we expected it to be when we arrived. It just didn’t seem super sterile considering what one might expect for deep cleanings given COVID. The railing on the stover burner felt sticky to touch, and the dishes available to use seemed a little grubby so we took the initiative to give them a good scrub before using them. One of the first few things that threw us off was the strange odor that pooled in the dish ware cabinet area (turns out the gas pipe ran right underneath it so be weary of that). There were some cobwebs/dust that probably could’ve been taken care of with a light dusting, some clumps of hair we found on the couch and the shower door was cloudy upon arrival, so it would’ve been nice if that seemed cleaner but otherwise it felt comfortable. All those things aside we still were making the most of the experience until we experience several power outages during our stay. Of course, things of that nature can’t be helped but it was a little stressful having to wait for power to come on for several hours while we had foods in the fridge (not fun). The first time the power was out it was for an hour and 30 minutes at most, the second time was for over 6 hours. Aside from the prospect of our food spoiling because the power was out, communication felt poor because the only means to communicate on site was via WiFi (which then makes communication nonexistent when the power is out). With the power out we were quite literally left in the dark and had no idea as to how to reach out and find solutions to our queries except to wait it out. It seemed unclear as to where to go for help in these scenarios as it was unclear as to where a main office building was, and if anyone was available. When I did attempt to find staff for assistance I encountered some other guests that were leaving, and when I asked they did not know of where to locate staff assistance on site either. At least, when the power was working, staff reached out and answered questions, but it was a bit frustrating to not have any other means to reach out for assistance otherwise.
In short the experience of being in a treehouse at all was endearing, but it was unfortunate that there was no workaround the communication loss during power outages.