I have to preface this that I hesitated to write this review. It seems Don places the blame on guests who leave non 5-star reviews.
Pros: The property is breathtaking, even in winter. Plenty of spacious rooms for our large family. Everyone loved the pool table in the game room upstairs.
Cons: We contacted Don to add another night to our stay, and were charged extra on top of the rate listed on VRBO. On our first night, baseboards in 2/6 of the beds fell and broke. We contacted Don; he told us he would come fix them the next day. I (the renter) was not in the house when Don came to fix things, and he did not let me know he was on the way. Instead of letting me know he was there, he goes up to my husband and asks “who’s got the money?”. He then goes into the house while the teenage girls in our family were in the home alone while I was in barn setting up for the wedding.
My father has worked with HVAC equipment for 20+ years, and warned Don that his unit was freezing. Don claimed it as “it’s an old house”
In the listing and in our 2 visits to the property before our stay, we were told crockpots and other kitchen appliances would be there, and weren’t. Don told us that they had been stolen and didn’t replace them.
There were 3 propane heaters that we were told we could use, and were told on our first visit in February to the property that some had been stolen & would be replaced in time for the wedding in December. When we arrived, there were still only 3. He told us he would fill the tanks all the way, but did not. When we asked him about this he avoided the question.
Don told us we would have access to the barn through the entirety of our stay. Our wedding was Wednesday, so we stored leftover food in the cooler in the barn because there was only one fridge in the house. Don let us know on Tuesday that he is hosting a family party on Friday, but told us we could leave our food in the cooler. On Thursday he tells us we need to remove our food because his family is setting up. When we go to grab it, his family had helped themselves to some of our items without asking.
All in all, the property is beautiful and we could not have asked for a better place to get married. But if you are using the house/barn for an event/wedding, make sure everything that is agreed to is in writing in the contract. We could have saved so much headache and frustration had all of this been in writing before our stay.