This House is heavily marketed on numerous Websites (VRBO, AirBNB, Trip Advisor, Maggie Valley Mountain Vacations). The ads placed are deceptive and misleading and, as to some items, outright false.
This was a total bust for our family and disappointing is an understatement. The Ad states:
It is quite possibly the greatest rental cabin you will ever see.
The furnishings are very elegant
The kitchen has everything you would expect a top notch cabin to have.
all the service wares you would ever need.
The Master Suite is located on the main floor of the cabin, with a very comfortable king size bed with a down comforter,
Also located downstairs is the game room, with a luxury pool table
What we found was far from what was advertised. A home that sleeps eleven, how can any owner provide 4 glasses to its guests? There were 4 glasses/cups in the cupboard for tenant's use. We had to wash a glass each time we wanted to have a drink of water. 2 of the coffee cups were cracked and leaked hot coffee onto the counter and onto my lap while seated. The blender was from the 1970s, with a broken handle, and did not work well. Likewise, the mixer was something I would have found in my grandmother's house after she passed and donated to charity. The Ad said the kitchen would have everything a top notch cabin would have? Really? Small appliances that you picked up at a garage sale are top notch? Where was the food processor? The kitchen had no plastic scrapers, no spatulas, and 2 mixing bowls. The kitchen had 6 spoons. 6 spoons for a home that sleeps 11? The house had no baking sheets and second hand, outdated pots. Not even a large sauce or soup pot. Everything was mismatched. I remember leaving for college in 1982 and my grandparents gave me better items than were in this cabin,
The living room was very charming with a wood fireplace. The couches were grimy and old and not comfortable. One couch actually has a burn hole measuring 10 x 10 at the bottom right of the loveseat where the burn melted through the cloth covering, into the foam support, to the base of the wood supports. Not what we expected from a house described "furnishings are very elegant". The furniture in the living room came out of Aunt Bessie's garage.
The bedrooms are spacious. The beds are adequate. But could the owner have paid a few dollars more for comfortable bedding and linens rather than supply dollar store 200 thread count sheets? Each bed has one pillow per guest. 1 pillow? The other pillows were shams and no one should sleep on a decorative sham. And the pillows were flat and cheap. Nobody sleeps with one pillow. And when covered by a 200 thread count pillowcase, sleep does not come easy. The Ad mentions "Down Comforters". Not in this house. We had a flimsy, worn, thin Wal Mart mass produced quilt.
I chose this house because it looked so appealing, inviting and comfortable and because it had a pool table. We wanted to watch NCAA March Madness, playing pool and enjoying family time. The house had 2 pool cues-both missing the felt tips. So basically shooting pool was pushing balls around with a broken pool stick with a flat plastic tip. It was a real let down. Also the TV in the game room did not work so it was impossible to watch NCAA basketball while playing pool. With everything else that was wrong with this house, the pool table and tv issue were the icing on the cake.
I did not expect second hand cookware, inadequate cookware and broken cups and a lack of utensils. The owner of this house needs to spend some money to bring quality renters in and avoid these kinds of issues. We do not expect the Four Seasons, but we also don't expect old, useless, garage sale, consignment store home goods.
This owner fell far from the mark and advertised a beautiful home that was filled with second hand, outdated and poor supplies and far from "everything you could want in a top notch rental". The owner of this house has not filled this house with top notch items. Far from it. We spent a week in a house with grimey furniture and antique appliances, no utensils, no cups and pots and pans from 3 different manufactures. The pots and pans were dented and cheap; even when they were new. Far from what we expected. You should go elsewhere for quality. This house is not as advertised. If you pay top dollar for a rental home, it should also come with top interior items. read more