I stayed at this bed and breakfast for a long weekend in aug and it was HORRIBLE. Where to start with the complaints is hard. First if you have ANY allergies to cat avoid this place. I was not informed that there were cats in the house and suffered all weekend with severe allergies. Second the bedrooms were horrible. There are NO locks on the doors so any valuables you have must be taken with you during the day because there is no place to secure them. My favorite was being told by the owner that we should leave the front door open when we are gone during the day. The bedrooms also do not have doors in the bathrooms. I was very uncomfortable using a bathroom that was open to the rest of the people in the bedroom. I am very modest and do not need to have people see or hear me when I am using the restroom. Also the owner makes you clean the house when you leave however when we arrivied the house was far from it. My jacuzzi tub which I was looking so forward to using was full of hair and grime and needed to be cleaned before I even used it. The owner does not stock alot of toilet paper and towels and we had to go buy extra toilet paper while we were there. The next awful thing was the air conditioning. We live in a household that likes it cold. After arriving at the house we lowered the air because it was hot out and after a few hours the owner felt the need to shut the air off and lock it. We sweat all night and were MISERABLE. The owners were also always around. This was also noted in other complaints. We wanted to go down to hang out by the fire pit and the owners also felt the need to sit there. My family was unhappy with them to begin with about the air and the last thing we felt like doing was sitting around a bon fire with them. It was not right of them to sit there while we were renting the house. The owner popped in and out alot always with new complaints. The house also has a pool but the owners have no lights around it so it is literally pitch black at night and we were told the heater was broken. * if you run a bed and breakfast the heater should be fixed so people who pay good money can enjoy the pool * When we left we cleaned the house and did the laundry per the owners rules and she still held 80 dollars of our security because she claims we did not. This owner has a nice house but she should not be renting her house out to people because she has to many rules and does not run a proper bed and breakfast. Save your time and your money and look elsewhere.
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1 October 2010
Wow! What creative writing! Where to start? I'm truely sorry this group was not happy here.
In response:
1. Yes, we have an adorable cat. The home page of our website says it, and has a photo of Casper. He is outside most of the time, and kept out of the quest rooms. We stock OTC alergy meds for people who come knowing this, and have a reaction. Very few people have needed it.
2. The bedroom doors all have locks. We live in a rural, secluded, safe area. Our quests are told they can safely leave the exterior doors unlocked. My husband and I live here, and a poilce officer lives at the entrance to our driveway. We've never had intruders - in 30 years. I don't know if they locked the doors or not - we didn't check.
3. Most of our guest suites have bathroom doors w/locks. The 2 that don't have privacy screens to block the view into the bathroom.
4. We operate as either a Bed & Breakfast OR a vacation home rental. When you rent the house - as this group did, the rate is much lower, and you have the choice of cleaning before you leave or paying a cleaning fee. I clean, or inspect, each room after people check out, so I know everything is clean for the next arrivals. This group left the house neat, and most rooms clean, but forgot to clean the bathrooms and some floors. It took 4 hrs. to complete the cleaning, so we retained part of the security deposit. We'll also supply and wash/dry all linens for a small fee - asking them only to start the washer with the 1st load of sheets . No one has ever used all the towels, or ask for more.
5. When you rent a house, paper supplies are not usually included. We provide enough for the 1st night.
6. On arrival (2 PM), we asked them to keep the thermostat for the central air conditioner between 72 and 76 degrees, and told them the windows and doors must all be shut while it's on. Early evening, I was outside and noticed several windows were wide open. Many of the guests were also outside, so I asked them if everything was OK with the house. They were loving it! I then reminded them that all windows must be shut while the AC is on.
About midnight, I awoke COLD - inside temp was 65 degrees. I stepped outside, and saw that at least 4 windows were WIDE open. I turned off the AC unit( it had been runing continuously for 9 hrs), and went back to bed. By mid morning, the inside temperature was up to 72 degrees. My husband reminded them to keep windows shut, and turned the AC back on. The next night, the thermostat was at 67 degrees, but we left it on, because the windows were shut.
7. The 2nd evening, I cleaned out the fire pit, and started a fire, while they were inside. We sat there until a few people joined us, chatted a bit, the then left the area to them.
8. The pool area has 3 small solar lights, a motion sensor lite, and a flood light - controlled by a switch inside the pool house, which was open for guests' use. A citronella torch is ready to light. Flash lights are available. No one said anything about it. I think the moon was full that weekend. We will improve signage for the light switch.
The pool heater was not working because it was not needed. The sun and hot days kept the water near 80 degrees. It felt wonderful!
9. If you want the house at 65 degrees, and the pool water at 85 degrees, and are not willing to clean bathrooms or pay a cleaning fee, this is not the house for you to rent. To every one else, please stay in our home, and we will gladly do what we can to make it a wonderful, relaxing vacation for you. Many people come here time after time, and love it. When you stay as a B&B guest, everything (linens, soaps, cleaning, breakfast, toilet paper, candles, snacks, drinks, reading/writing materials, firewood) is included in the price, and we will talk to you occassionally. Best wishes always.
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