Okay, I’m going to be completely honest about this vacation rental and state and good and the bad.
For starters, this place was priced really well! Compared to staying in Mt. Shasta City, it was a lot more affordable and that was nice.
Secondly, it’s a well-situated property. It has a great deck and front window that overlooks the town and pine forested hills. You can walk to the local market, restaurants, coffee shops, bars, and downtown. It’s nice being so close and not having to drive to get food or look around.
Thirdly, the owners have obviously put in some good work into the house. The floors and paint appear to be fresh. The kitchen and bathroom have updated counter tops. Plus, the high ceilings and tall windows give the property a spacious and airy feel. Overall, it’s a nice place to hang out in and stay a few days!
However, I have two big gripes about the property which can totally be remedied should the owners decide to.
The first is the furniture. After driving 4 hours and siting down on the couch, we immediately could tell it was staging furniture. The couches, both downstairs and up, were extremely hard and uncomfortable. Even my daughter was like, “what’s wrong with this couch?” after sitting on it. Clearly the owners were more interested in how the furniture photographs than its functionality. I know, it sounds petty, but your butt and back shouldn’t be sore after watching Netflix for 10 minutes. So, they should upgrade at least the downstairs couch.
But by far the worst part was the amount of garbage and weeds in the front lawn. I noticed how much litter there was first thing when pulling up. There were candy and chip wrappers, old food scraps, used napkins, and other detritus. The owners had warned me that there might be trash in the yard on account of the home next door getting renovated, but this was more than just a random home depot bag blowing into the yard, it looked like people were straight up eating on the front steps and just leaving all their trash. And the way a lot of it was faded, it appeared that this had been the state of the front yard for some time. Furthermore, there were so many overgrown weeds flanking the trash that I was frankly a little embarrassed to be there. Clearly, they know about this issue or they wouldn’t have mentioned it, but the lack of regard for the first impressions of their guests spoke volumes of how much they cared for their property.
Overall though, decent place to stay and explore.