First of all let me say what a beautiful home Kristen has. It's set up on a hill overlooking Portland surrounded by beautiful woodlands. It's a lovely quiet neighborhood.

I had spent two weeks on a road trip and was looking for a nice relaxing place to read some books and really unwind. I believed this property would offer this. It didn't.

Firstly, the noise from upstairs is pretty loud. You can hear conversations, bathroom visits and footsteps. It all added to the feeling that we were very much guests in someone else's house.

Both nights I stayed we were woken at around 6am with the family getting up for their morning routine. There is a pipe that runs behind the top of the bed that I think must be connected to an upstairs bathroom. It isn't a nice way to wake up.

The hot tub is not on the same level as the back door entrance and is overlooked by the ground floor of the house. Whilst i didn't see anyone during my time in the tub I still didn't feel like it was a private experience.

The outside furniture i had hoped to sit at for breakfast or to read my book was wet and mouldy. Most likely from the sprinklers.

One other thing, it might have been nice to turn off the sprinklers when your guests arrive and have to walk through there carrying luggage.

In the hosts defence. She did inform us that they were planning an 'open house' during our stay. We were offered prior to our arrival the option of cancelling. Or staying and getting a part refund of our stay.
We opted to stay due to the short notice & pack our belongings away. In hindsight, perhaps this was a stressful time and Kristen was less attentive than she otherwise would have been.

Kristen said she would give us a cheque for the part refund that we did not see.