6/10 Okay
Gregory R.
Jan 14, 2020
Liked: Cleanliness
There were pros and cons
We rented this house to visit extended family during Christmas break. The house had pros and cons, and I will start with the pros.
Pros:
1. The house was large and had plenty of space with it's 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, family room, kitchen with breakfast nook, dining room and a room with ping pong table. There was also a family room in basement.
2. Great location as it pertains to the view from the back of the house with the river, trees, etc....I'm sure it would have been even better during warm weather with the number of birds that would frequent the area.
3. Furniture in house was good and it looked like the carpeting was newer.
4. We loved being able to take long walks everyday in the neighborhood.
Cons:
1. Although the location of the house provided us with a great view from the back of the house, it was a lot closer to the busy interstate than we expected. The noise was so loud when we were outside in the front of the house that it was hard to talk to one another unless you were standing near each other. The loud breaking of the large trucks was very frequent. The master bedroom was on the back of the house so at night it was not too bad, but the other 2 bedrooms were on the front of the house and a lot louder.
2. The property is located down a long one lane street and was hard to find. Thankfully we never met other vehicles driving at same time, otherwise someone would have had to back up a long ways so we could pass.
3. There was very limited hot water with low water pressure. After the first person took a shower, the second person may have a few minutes of hot water left, but everyone else was stuck with a cold shower unless they waited an hour or longer for it to warm up.
4. The house smelled like there was a dead mouse somewhere. There were air fresheners everywhere in the house and I am sure that's the reason why.
5. There were food products left in the fridge, pantry and cabinets, and most was opened and expired. The fridge was not clean. There was even a bag of smelly, rotting potatoes in the pantry that had roots. It left little room for the food we brought with and purchased. We worked around most of the left behind food but had to discard bag of smelly potatoes.
6. Driveway was a challenge for parking. Since there's no access to garage, turning around is hard (we had a ford explorer)
7. No TV in basement as described so basement room was not used. This was one feature we liked when we rented.
We will likely not rent again.
Gregory R.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019