12 adults and 2 toddlers for a small family reunion. The house is big enough, has enough rooms and a well stocked kitchen for 22 people.
We encountered many issues and contacted the owner, who got back to me day 3 of our 4 day stay. He was apologetic and tried to help but could do little more than offer some advice and correct some misunderstandings.
Lots of accommodations are listed with the house, these are the accommodations that we could not use on our trip:
Patios and decks - unsafe and unstable and unusable.
Cable / Satellite TV - Neither upstairs or downstairs works
Grille - Filthy, had to cook in the house
Linens - Towels were dirty, we washed them all, sheets were clean but the comforters in the 3rd floor rooms were dusty.
Garage - Both Garages were full of things belonging to the owners. Parked in the driveway.
In addition, there are baronies off of the bedrooms, but all looked to be as unsafe as the decks with nails and loose boards.
We found cobwebs in the corners, dust bunnies under the couch, dried food stuck to the hanging shells on the chandelier over the dining table, the carpet is so stained we did not allow the twins to crawl anywhere but the hardwood that we cleaned. We found food in the carpet and empty water bottles in attic room, dust clouds appeared when you sat on some of the beds.
There is no A/C in the house and we knew this and brought fans, but we didn't know that there would be stickers on the windows and sliding doors that stated DO NOT OPEN OR GO OUTSIDE. Its hard to cool down a house with no ventilation. We did find out on day 3 that we could open the doors and windows but we had already spent over 2 days with it all shut.
For us the biggest let down was the decks and grille. It is summer and we had planned to spend the majority of our time outdoors in the beautiful trees. Had we know when we booked, we would have found another house with what we wanted.
The guests that checked out the day we checked in, wrote in the guest book all about the same issues we had, only they had to go out and purchase fans to cool down the house.
I am sorry to have to write this review, but other guests need to be aware of the things we were not aware of prior to our arrival. And I hope this is an eye opener for the cleaning crew, to be more diligent and not just tidy up, but actually clean.