We arrived to find a lovely, well built, nicely furnished home that was in need of some cleaning. Not ones to complain, we simply ignored the dirty corners and layer of dust and proceeded to unpack. Being a bunch of foodie moms, we took plenty of food. The kitchen was beautiful, well stocked w/ equipment, & spacious. We were surprised that the owners left food in both cabinets & the fridge. We used our coolers for the extra food & didn’t lodge a complaint. A walk out to the lake on the dock found me face to face with spider webs everywhere. I simply grabbed a broom and swept them away without complaint. Spiders happen. We were thirsty for some ice water, but found the ice maker did not work & the water sulfur smelling. We didn’t lodge a complaint, but drove to Dollar General for ice & water. If we had known about the ice maker & water, we could have saved a trip, but it wasn't a big deal. Later, the early to bed moms took the two front bedrooms & disappeared while us night owls chatted away in the living room. At midnight, getting tired, we went into the back bedrooms and turned down the covers & found dirty linens. The master's were dusty with hair and pet hair, the other’s had small blood spots on the quilt and a large blood stain on one pillow. We stripped the beds and began washing the linens after cleaning 1/4" black gunk from around the inside of the washer. We searched for clean bedding and found plenty of linens, but they were all dirty & disorganized. We did not complain to the owner, but washed 10 loads of linens in 2 days upon arrival. We ladies had a great time in spite of these cleaning issues. The ladies left, the family came, & again, it was nice. The only thing I intended to mention to the owner was the bedding.

We left 1 day early. I stripped beds, cleaned kitchen, began laundry, took out trash, straightened up and more. I sent the owner an email letting her know we were leaving early & recommended she speak with her cleaning company re. the bedding. All was fine until a full week after we checked out, I got an email that stated, “I mailed your check back....my cleaning crew came today and said  every set of extra sheets (8) were dirty and house was dirty as well.  It's your prerogative but next time please do not criticize  us for unnecessary things . it took her 5 hours to clean .” Read the rest here - https://app.box.com/kingsleymay2015.