Upon arrival we realized just exactly how close the owner’s home is to the loft… very close. Also the owners home is directly in front of the loft. To get to the lake, you must walk through her yard. We arrived on a Thursday afternoon and paid for 2 nights. We left Friday- not even caring that we were losing our money from the second night. Shoes must not be worn in the house. There is a very detailed list of rules and instructions. Bring your own set of dishes- we purchased paper plates. While beautiful, all the dishes were fine China type dishes. I feel she decorates with these. We looked for plastic cups in the cabinets…go buy some. Your deck is on the side which if you sit on, you are looking at the large chalet which had guest inside. It feels as though you are looking inside their space if you are sitting outside. The white bed spread and pillow shams must be taken off the bed and placed in the back of the closet. There are ample pillows and blankets to use. No oven, just a cooktop. The step leading to the cabin are steep. There are lights on the railway but only a couple were working. This is very dangerous! I mentioned this to the owner. Thank goodness we had our phones to use our flashlight. There is a deck box down by the hot tub with specific hot tub towels. I knew this prior to going down to the hot tub since I read in the book that you could only use those towels for the hot tub. After getting out of the hot tub and dripping wet, we realized that there was only 1 hot tub towel! The book also states to put in chlorine in the hot tub after each use. There was only 2 pre measured cups of chlorine. If you wear makeup you have to use the dark towels only!
Friday morning we got up and did some hiking and exploring. We probably needed to shower but literally got back to the loft and was like, let’s just go home! We packed up our things and cleaned the cabin. Upon removal of the bedsheets, I discovered a large stain on the mattress cover. It was probably the final straw. I carefully read through the other reviews before leaving mine. The responses to the reviews are always an argument back from the owner. If there is onsite maintenance then the lighting on the steps should have been addressed and known about. If there is a cleaning crew, the stain should have been addressed. In another person’s review someone mentioned the old spices and the response was that those spices were the owner’s grandmother’s spices-a heirloom sign is needed.