8/10 Good
Carolyn K., Middlebury, VT, USA
Sep 21, 2025
My partner and I stayed at this beautiful house for a week in September, looking for a secluded place to read, write, play music, and spend time outdoors. Positives: The house is strikingly nice inside, with thoughtfully placed furnishings and linens, comfortable beds, lots of light and big windows, and very well-outfitted kitchen. Everything is of good quality and feels lovingly chosen. Negatives: The listing doesn't make it clear that there's another house sharing the property and driveway, and that the two are pretty close together. The deck/patio pictured seems to have been dismantled, and the one small deck on the upper floor faces the driveway and the other house, so there's really nowhere nice to sit outside. The stream at the end of the mowed walk is down a steep weedy slope so not something to hang out at. This probably doesn't matter to most people, but we were hoping to be far away from any neighbors and to spend time outside when the weather was nice. All that said, the surrounding roads are great for walking, and this is a comfortable and lovely place in a gorgeous part of the state.
Carolyn K.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2025