Wooded Luxury Home

Such a great experience! It was only our second time booking a VRBO property, and it left us with a good impression of VRBO after a not-so-good first experience with another property. A pool and hot tub kept our kids occupied for hours, and the house was stocked with what you needed.

Check-in was a breeze.The indoor pool was a hit with the kiddos on a rainy afternoon. The house gave us room to be together but also have our own space.We have a breaker for the stove blow while staying. We sent a message to the owners and someone got back to us within about 5 minutes to help walk us through how to fix it.

The house was amazing, how couldn't it be with an indoor pool, right? However, there should've been a manual on how to operate things inside the home, there are banks of light switches everywhere, but so many of them didn't work and we couldn't figure out which ones worked which fixtures. There is an induction stovetop and none of us knew how to operate that.We had no complaints about the inside of the house, but the outside left a whole lot to be desired. The landscaping looks like it hasn't been tended to for quite some time, lots of weeds and the lighting is either knocked over or just not working; the back deck should've been swept prior to us arriving, tons of debris, the firepit was entirely too far away from the house in the woods and really didn't have a dedicated area for it, just a few chairs and a metal ring. Since the grounds were rather marshy, there should've been some of the white stone laid to help with the mud and a cleaner, more identified spot for it. The poison ivy vines on the trees is out of control, it's on SOO many of the trees; that really needs to be taken care of as it appears to hve been growing there for a quite a while since the vines are so thick and one of our guests is highly allergic to it. The above is more about aesthetics and curb appeal, and other than these few things that prevented us from doing anything outdooors, the house was awesome.

Our stay was not nearly as good as what we had hoped it would be. A few issues we ran into included...1. The internet quality was very poor. We had a difficult time watching any TV because it would buffer every few minutes. 2. The electricity system was odd. It was difficult knowing what light switch turned on what light in the house. Some light switches turned on nothing. The lights that did work then flickered, which caused a bit of annoyance. 3. We were not expecting well water in the house. It smelled like rotten eggs and was not mentioned in the ad. Instead, it was mentioned on a paper inside the house after we had arrived. 4. The ad pictured a TV in the pool room yet there was no TV in there when we arrived. 5. The pool, according to the ad, is heated yet was very cold while we were there. We also had to clean the pool ourselves and found trash inside (example: used q-tip). 6. When we reached out to ask about the temperature of the pool, the host never responded to our message. The home was beautiful and did have the necessary ammenities like many rolls of toilet paper, paper towels, condiments, a water jug, etc. The area is quiet and had comfortable furniture to lay out on. Sadly, the cons outweighed the pros though in this situation.