Overall we had a great stay.
The good
Beautiful view!, deer outside every morning during breakfast, comfy beds, plenty of room and places to relax, nice lighting, nice towels, clean bathrooms, kitchen had everything we needed, fun extras like a record player and classical music, CD player in the kitchen, coffee!, wifi worked great.
The not so good
No microwave or BBQ like the listing states, the hot water to the bathtub was not working or disabled, the hot tub was empty, no screens on the windows. Could use an extra fan on a hot day.
I feel like we are pretty easy going renters, any of these things I can do fine without really, but I was disappointed in how it was handled, or not, I guess? I called the manager about the hot tub not working the first day and she just said "no, it's not" and we sort of awkwardly hung up. Below is the message I wrote to her after our stay-I haven't received a response in over a week so I'll share it here instead.
"We had a great time at the house this weekend, this was one of the best rental house kitchens I've ever used, the bedrooms and living areas were comfortable, the record player was a nice plus, and check-out instructions were easy so thank you for that! I have two pieces of feedback I want to share because we really enjoyed our stay and would love to see the rental do well so we have the opportunity to return or recommend to friends.
The remodel on the house looks recent so I'm hoping this is already in the works, but the house really needs screens on the windows. With the warm weather, we had them open in the evening to cool things off and in addition to a number of bugs (no real big deal there) we ended up with a bat in the master bedroom Saturday night! We were able to shut the doors and turn off the lights in the room, and turn on the porch lights outside and eventually got it out, no harm done, but it was quite a lot of excitement for a late night!
I also want to mention it caused quite a lot of disappointment, particularly with my son, that both the hot tub and bath tub pictured in the listing weren't useable as he was looking forward to it. I'm not sure if they were actually out of service or if its a matter of cost--I would have happily paid a fee if that were the case. Either way, this information would have been much appreciated ahead of time by email or at least a note upon arrival as it really put a damper on our initial arrival.
Hopefully you find this helpful."