5 Minutes from The Appalachian Trail and Mount Washington. In the Berkshires!

We are glad you enjoyed your stay. Please book again. Thank you, David, Yasmin and Gerda

Sorry to hear about the "smell". The house was just cleaned at the time you arrived. We have not had a complaint like this. Perhaps it was the lemon scent floor cleaner, we were using lavender and perhaps we should switch back. Thanks for the feedback. David

Our short term rental house was built in the 1930’s by Bill Mielke the grandfather of some local house builders by the name of Race. It’s not the best house but it has some history. Like other houses in the village it was built with some used components from other buildings in the town. Egremont was a fairly large mill town by the end of the 1800’s and around the 1930’s a lot of those mills were being torn down. It is known that many of the houses in the Village of Egremont were built with materials from the old mills. This was not trash, this was labor turned into use. We are going to leave this house as close to history as possible. Also, most of the lumber put into this house was locally grown. This house reflects a minimalistic impact although the giant bathtub and some other parts may contrast this approach, the house has its own charm or personality. Putting a giant oversized television in the middle of it would probably not support it’s charm. People come to see a historical area where a lot of modern technology was developed. This area was at the forefront of western civilization for many years and just because of individual complaints we don’t feel the importance to modify what already works and is functional. We maintain a clean and healthy house, which is in the country. There is a farm to the east which may omit odors that are not always pleasant to all, but it doesn’t usually last very long, since the wind usually blows from west to east. Most likely you were smelling the farm from next door. The wood stove can also omit some interesting odors occasionally but we did recently clean that. We will work to address the other complaints. Thank you, David

Thank you Brian! Glad you enjoyed the stay! We will be upgrading our coffee pot to a larger one by Feb 12th. Thanks for the feedback!