STAY AWAY FROM THIS RENTAL
Unfortunately, while the property itself is nice, my experience dealing with the owner/manager was nothing short of a nightmare. In my opinion, he has written himself a wildly owner-friendly rental agreement and, as it turns out, he used every single word in it to suck as much money out of our pockets as he possibly could. Here are a few of the "highlights" of our rental experience with Edgett's Lodge:
- Threats - The owner/manager called and emailed us several times throughout our stay at the lodge and threatened us with eviction by the State Police simply because, in his humble opinion, we had used too much wi-fi. It is very important to note here that NOWHERE in the rental agreement does it indicate any kind of limit on wi-fi usage. He also threatened to charge us extra money for wi-fi usage, despite the fact there was no defined limit to usage or additional charges for usage outlined in the rental agreement that we signed.
- 100% Loss of Security Deposit - The owner/manager ultimately retained 100% of our $1,000 security deposit, citing the fact that furniture was simply moved to better accommodate our group as the primary motivation for this complete loss of the security deposit (there was absolutely no damage as a result of the moving). To be fair, there was a small Gatorade stain on the carpet from someone in our group, but we made it very clear to the owner that we would 100% reimburse for professional cleaning of the carpet. But that certainly wouldn't cost $1,000.
- Caretaker Visits - Be aware that if you rent this cabin, the caretaker will likely stop by periodically and unannounced throughout your stay to what, in my opinion, amounted to babysitting.
- Sewage Smell - Since we arrived at the lodge, the basement had a strong odor of sewage and unfortunately we had people who needed to sleep in the downstairs bedroom. Because of this we used the air fresheners that were freely provided for use at the lodge. Unfortunately, the owner took it upon himself to complain that we used too much of these freely provided fresheners and ultimately complained about this to no end. He went even further and accused us of smoking cigars in this lodge, simply because these air fresheners were used.
In the interest of brevity, I'll stop here but would be more than happy to share more details about my group's awful experience renting this lodge to help you, your friends, and family avoid a terrible rental experience. Feel free to contact me through Yelp.
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