Rating Details:
The property manager was more than helpful.
The vacation rental was somewhat dirty.
I was more than happy with the location.
I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental.
Overall, I do not recommend this vacation rental.
Reviewer Comments:
Overall, this home is in a nice, quiet location. There are train tracks nearby, but we only heard a few trains during the day. The advertising for this property indicates that the owners are "on site", which might not be entirely forthcoming - we envisioned this as a separate guest house situation, but in reality, the owners live in the lower, walkout basement level of the structure, and the part that is for rent is the main floor. I'm sure they could hear us walking around above them, and we could hear them cough/sneeze a few times below us. The amenities list includes "garage", but that area was marked Private, was locked, and was not accessible to us. Cleanliness was not as good as it could have been when we arrived - there was a used Breathe Right strip on the headboard in the master bedroom (which we did not remove), and the kitchen was not particularly clean - there was some kind of dried gunk on the island, and we had to preclean some of the pots and utensils before we could use them (dried food was visible and could be felt on them). The bathrooms did appear to be clean when we arrived. The electronic communication from the property management company could be simplified - emails come from 3 different domains, so trying to find the information and direct the messages so they don't end up in a junk/spam folder was more complicated than necessary, particularly since a new domain began sending communications after we left home for the first part of our trip. The PM also encourages use of an app, but I don't know why a guest would want to do that unless they planned to be a repeat customer.