I waited awhile before I could give an honest review.
We arrived in Drytown at 2:00 where it was a 104 degrees.
I immediately tried to contact the owners where I was ignored. Left a Message.
I asked if any way possible for us to go inside early.( I do understand rules but there are exceptions, or there should be) I knew no one had been there the week prior to our stay, so it definitely was ready to go.
So, okay we drove around and returned at 4:00. Went inside and the house was 90 degrees inside, when it was 104 outside. It was horrible. I was getting sick, had to put cold towels on neck. Not a fun experience.
Turned on air but was not working very well, probably because it was hot outdoors and had been sitting empty for awhile.
It was sweltering, brought all our stuff inside, all food for our birthday party that evening.
Then, and this was no fault of the owners, but in a couple of hours, house still hot, the power goes out. I called and at first was questioned and felt very unwelcome. I think after they thought about it, their attitude began to change.
We had to leave all our food in the refrigerator, no power on, grabbed our bags and had to stay in a hotel. Luckily we found one only about 30 minutes away. Yes, they had power, but our birthday dinner was sitting back in Drytown. We proceeded to have dinner at a not very good diner. But they had air and we felt welcomed.
The owner called late that evening and the power was restored and he had adjusted the air with his phone. ***
Good Idea next time to turn on air conditioner for your renters before their stay. I did not know he had the capability to use his phone to turn on the air.
We had to get 2 hotel rooms and a not so good dinner.
The owner, Joe, did reimburse me the one night stay at his place, which was great. Thank You
So needless to say our trip started off not so good. The biggest problem for me was not feeling welcomed.
The whole trip had a wrench thrown in at the very beginning with the unwelcome attitude of not letting us go inside 2 hours early and not having the air on.
The house is very nice and spacious as the grounds were too.