Upstate Historical Artist Villa w/ firepit, pool and close to Candlewood Lake CT

What a fantastic house and kitchen! We absolutely loved it. It's the perfect spot for family gatherings, and we had such a wonderful time together. The kids had a blast with all the play areas and the grounds. This house is truly a mirage, so well-planned! We hope to visit again soon. 🥳

Communication:Travis was very responsive and helpful with any communications, from beginning to end.Amenities:The pictures don’t really illustrate well enough the features of this house. The game room is excellent, with a beautiful pool table, a poker table with chips, a nice foosball table and a nice TV. There is a small volleyball court outside, cornhole boards, and other small touches. The main deck is HUGE (about 30ftx30ft). The great room is beautiful, and open layout from great room to dining to bar to kitchen is excellent for large groups. The upstairs gathering room was big enough to play cornhole indoors during bad weather. There is a very nice smart projector in the room also. The only problem with the layout is the number of bathrooms.Kitchen:The kitchen is vast, and the cooking units and refrigerator are awesome. If you are into cooking, you will love the kitchen, but might bring your own large skillets (they just weren't big enough for large groups) and baking pans.Cleanliness and condition:This was the only real problem with the house. The maintenance crew really is not getting it done here. We had to clean several of the A/C filters just to get them running properly. One of the units did cool at all. The remote for the projector had nonfunctional buttons, so we could not use it. The door to the off-kitchen bathroom is a pocket door, and almost impossible to slide. The carpets could use a deep cleaning. We were a golf trip group, so these things were not

We had a meditation retreat at this home. The home is large- and is a charming house that seemed to go on forever. Two huge communal rooms- both we large enough for both yoga and meditation. The community is quiet and off the beaten path which it a very special location - this is the second time we rented this place from Travis. He was always in communication and was a great host. Very accommodating and responsive to any our needs.i highly recommend this home. Thank you again.

This house was large as advertised and has a very nice communal kitchen/dining area/living room for everyone to spend time together. The host was also responsive throughout, though our concerns weren’t quick fixes so we didn’t flag. We had a few cleanliness issues, namely tied to leftover food items in the fridge along with the pool which hadn’t been properly cleaned (kids used it, but nobody was too keen to go in). We also weren’t confident the fridge was working as it should and had to throw out warm food (though freezer was all good). While there are some individual AC units, they were not in every room (which was called out in the listing). It was extremely hot and people couldn’t sleep so we purchased our own fans. This also made it so we were unable to use one of the loft common areas as it was sweltering during the day. Overall, this group has done a similar trip for 15 years and we often repeat locations, but this is one we wouldn’t return to without updates.