The pictures are accurate, the house is beautiful. What the pictures didn’t show…..was the INTENSE stench of urine or some kind of dead rotting rodent throughout the whole house.
The owner, JD, had casually mentioned only upon arrival that one of their dogs just gave birth to SEVEN puppies….This was not mentioned anywhere in the listing. Perhaps this could have contributed to the smell. These puppies were being kept in one of the rooms of the house with a “Do not enter” sign. My friend thought maybe it was a rat that had died in the air conditioning vents, because the smell was inescapable throughout the entire house. The owner of course didn’t smell it, but there were seven guys and all of us got headaches after staying in the house for about 20 minutes. We were out in front of the house with the front door open discussing what we should do. Even standing 20 feet away outside, we could smell it coming through the front door. It was not the sort of the smell you could cover up with candles. We could taste it and it seemed hazardous to inhale. Having nowhere to go we still decided we had to leave to find some place else.
We spoke with JD before leaving and delicately tried to explain the situation without being disrespectful. He said he’d be happy to refund us as long as we didn’t leave a review….which we had no problem with…..but as you can see, I’m writing a review because he decided a week and a half later to refuse me the refund.
Like a flip switched in his head. He claimed that he had someone come check out the property an hour after we left and they didn’t smell a thing, and that other people have stayed there since the puppies were born and haven’t complained. He then accused us all of lying and making the whole smell up because he felt we must have changed our mind and would have preferred to go to a hotel instead.
This couldn't be further than the truth! Making the choice to leave left us stranded. It was an extreme inconvenience to leave and book other, more expensive accommodations the day of. We spent hours looking for a place where we could stay that afternoon. The town is small so the availability of rooms was limited. All six of us had no reason to lie about this smell.
Now we have been accused of being dishonest liars and are out the total cost of the trip. We will need to fight to get our money back ourselves. VERY unfortunate.
I URGE you not to stay here.