Steven seems to be a very nice guy and is great on communication, but the property definitely needs some TLC, and a good scrubbing.
Positives- nice big deck areas (were dirty), nice view and sunsets, quiet, very peaceful and relaxing. Nice fire pit area (no wood- bring your own). Good hot water and A/C. Downstairs living area is clearly newer and than upstairs and a great area for family/friends to have their own space. Washer and dryer work great. Fridge keeps food nice and cold but ice maker does not appear to work (didn't care about that this is just an FYI. There are trays). Nice to wake up to birds singing!
Negatives- the upstairs carpet is disgusting and I would not consider staying there unless it was replaced. We walked in and it stunk VERY strongly like dog- there are large and numerous stains on the carpet. Steven got right back to us regarding this issue and told us to spray odorban on it which did help, but a horrid first impression. We opened the windows as much as possible. We stayed for 2 weeks and I sprayed odorban about every other day. The last 3 nights my daughter came with her dog, but we did not have a dog the other 11 days, so it was not from us. It was quite difficult to get past that odor!
As mentioned above, the decks were very dirty. There were 2 rocking chairs downstairs- one was broken. 6 Adirondack chairs-2 were broken. The outside table had to be leveled in order to eat off of it and the downstairs outside end tables were filthy. Kitchen stove had large melted plastic on one burner and could use a good scrubbing. There is definitely a need to replace and provide more cooking pots and pans and forks-I think there was a total of 6 miscellaneous sized forks. I used baking dishes but they needed to be covered in foil- they were pretty gross.
The property would best be described as tired and in need of some TLC. (And a better cleaning crew)
The drive up to the property is quite steep and there are some hairpin turns. This is not anything bad about the property-just be prepared for that. We wanted to be up high with a view so that is what we got. We jokingly referred to it as "one beer hill" because you would be very foolish to have more than one beer and drive up it. We made sure to be back before it was totally dark out after we drove up it in the dark once- it was pretty scary.
I am not a person to leave a negative review and it pains me to do so but I also think this is a realistic view of the property.