Our group has traveled together before staying at other VRBO properties. We rely on reviews so I feel I should share our experience.
Pros: Fantastic location, beautiful views, and wonderful orchard play area,. We loved the fire pit, great porch, and appreciated plenty of seating for mealtimes, comfortable beds and ample parking.
Cons: Bathrooms were disappointing. Our group was extremely uncomfortable with the absence of window covering in men’s and women’s bathrooms, each with a large uncovered window facing the highway. Also, the drain in the floor of the women’s bathroom was very slow even after cleaning out hair and gunk from the drain cover. The lodge is in need of a deep and thorough cleaning. Three guests assisted with cleaning the oven in the kitchen so it could be used. One guest cleaned the spice cabinet, another guest washed windows, mopped and performed general cleaning. Considerable time was spent cleaning a coffee maker for use. There were several aspects of general uncleanliness which detracted from our stay. The filthy grill and the grease coated oven were the worst. We had spent so much time cleaning, we did not clean the grill. We used the burners for outdoor cooking and wiped down the easily cleaned areas but left the rest of it as we found it. All guests were uncomfortably hot which decreased our enjoyment of the property and made it difficult to fall asleep for most guests. We did not contact Liz regarding our disappointment in the poor clean up from prior guests. Without a crew coming in to clean and disrupting our stay, there would have been nothing she could do at that point. We made the best of it. We all agreed the hefty cleaning fee we paid felt insulting, given the fact we were greeted with so many things that needed cleaning and chocolate stained dirty comforters in multiple rooms, folded and ready for use. We were hot so we didn’t need them but it made me wonder how long they wait to wash the blankets. Multiple notices are posted to leave the blankets in the rooms and that was her only verbal direction given over the phone, so we left the dirty blankets folded.
Bottom line: Our group agreed we would not want to rent this property again.