We stayed 8 nights in February. The house kept us warm and dry (but annoyed), we were able to make our dinners, and the privacy was wonderful. However, I would not recommend staying for longer than a weekend.
Here are my recommendations for improvement:
- The beds are all thin memory foam mattresses on cheap metal frames. They are very noisy and not particularly comfortable (and low to the ground).
- Combine that with very thin walls and floors/ceilings, don't plan to sleep much if you have someone in the loft or room above you. You can hear everything. A metal water bottle falling over sounds like a small explosion..
- Kitchen needs to be better stocked. We had no fry pan (Vacasa brought us 2), one burnt cookie sheet, one small saucepan (about 2qts) and one giant 8qt pot. Don't plan on baking. The utensils look like they were pilfered from a cafeteria and there are very few plates, bowls, cups, utensils so we had to run the dishwasher twice a day (5 of us). They had 1 wine glass (that part was funny).
- The small dining table only has 4 chairs for a house that sleeps a lot more. We had to bring a rolling desk chair up from the cold basement and squish it around the table.
- The doors were very creaky. Vacasa brought us WD-40 for us to fix that ourselves.
- The windows either don't have curtains or too small of curtains (don't cover when fully stretched). Upper bedroom had a rod, but no curtain so we had to use the two thin fleece blankets from the couch. The high/angled windows have a very wrinkly tinting film over them. Ugly, but it helped.
- I am a little too old to keep all of my clothes on the floor. No shelves, no bookcases, no dressers. Only a few hangers (Vacasa brought more), but not even a stool to put my luggage up on. Terrible for a long stay.
- There are no rugs, except two tiny ones in front of shower. It is a very cold laminate floor (fake wood) throughout the whole house. In fact, there is no artwork, no knick knacks. It is a cold looking house. Not cozy.
- The basement has concrete floors. Don't count on that 'bonus' room with futon to be inhabitable.
- The wifi is satellite, but it is very slow (ok for the tv though). Had to do computer work via our cellphone hotspots.
- House needs a welcome kit with map of property as it was advertised to have acreage.
Positives:
- Vacasa responded right away.
- The heating system and fireplace are great.
- Kitchen isn't well stocked, but the appliances worked just fine.