The Garden Cottage.

This Vrbo was awesome. You could not ask for a better host. In all the Vrbos I've stayed in, this was the best!

We loved how quiet and peaceful the property was, which is exactly what my boyfriend and I needed for our staycation. Correspondence with the host was amazing and prompt! We would definitely stay here again!

The tranquil setting was just what we needed. Loved the rural setting and the convenience of the city. Highly recommend!

There was good and bad to our stay at the Cottage. The bed was very comfortable. Water pressure was great. Most of the time, the grounds around the cottage were very quiet. The owner was very quick to respond to any issues. Unfortunately, we had a few issues. The issues I notified the owner about during our stay were a group of kids playing on a playground just outside the bedroom window at 8:30 in the morning the day after we arrived. I talked to the class teacher and he apologized and corralled the children to the classroom attached to the bottom of the owner's house. Kids yelling and playing is not peaceful and quiet for me. The cottage was described as peaceful and quiet. I did notify the owner a few days before that I'd be arriving a day early, so maybe the message didn't get to the classroom teacher. It happened again later in our stay. The second issue was that the dryer was broken. Someone had put detergent in the dryer. I notified the owner and she quickly responded and let me use the dryer in the classroom. Other issues that I'm notifying the owner now about the house that I didn't want dealt with while we were staying there, are the fan bearing in the refrigerator is shot, and makes a grinding noise off and on which would make sleeping on the futons unpleasant without having to turn the refrigerator off at night. Upstairs in the main bed, it's just a low grumble. Another issue was the bathroom. The toilet is not securely seated. You can see rusty flange bolts, and as a DIYer, that is a problem. Also, the toilet handle has to be lifted otherwise the toilet will run forever. I thought it was odd that there was a framed sign to lift the handle after flushing, as it would only take $25 for a new float/handle kit from Home Depot (about the cost of a framed sign). There was a musty odor in the bathroom that was being masked by a STRONG air freshener that permeated the entire house. I felt like the toilet was the culprit. Lastly, the house was just not clean. Dogs are allowed so I did not expect hospital-clean, but with COVID, you would think things would be cleaner than usual. Instead, there was toothpaste gunk on the faucet handles, lots of dust and hair everywhere, smelly used sink sponge, no paper towels, and watered down soap dispensers. This place has so much potential, but it felt neglected. I would not want to stay here again until the above was repaired.