0601: Historic Home w/ Yard In Downtown Salida!

Reviews

• Nice Place

  4/5

  It’s a cute little place, about a block from the river park and about a block from shopping. Looks a little rough on the outside but it’s nice on the inside.

• Close to downtown and cozy

  3/5

  The cabin was dirty when we arrived after a 16 hour drive and was not cleaned from the previous guests. The cleaning company came within the hour and cleaned it. I was Told this happens a lot. I could Not feed my kids, bathe them or put them to bed for 2 hours after arrival. The washer/dryer combination doesn’t work unless you run it for over 6 hours. The location downtown was great being walking distance away from everything. Overall the cabin was cozy

• Not as listed

  2/5

  1st off the location is 10/10 & they had board games we enjoyed playing as a family. However, I’m not sure if the owner has dogs & stays when people aren’t renting or if someone is staying there that isn’t supposed to be staying there, but there’s dog hair everywhere. The listing says “no pets” & people might book this rental who are allergic to certain animals thinking they won’t be dealing with dog hair or cat hair… wrong!! Lol there’s also dog poop everywhere in the front yard & back yard. Yum! The toilet and bathtub leak so that’s fun. Make sure to lay a couple towels down under the tub to shower/bathe because the floor will flood. The microwave above the stove doesn’t work. I’m assuming that’s why they have a little blue microwave on the kitchen counter… it also sucks. We had to light the stove to get it to work. I called Jennifer (property manager) days before my arrival to ask her what it meant in the listing when it said “fully stocked pantry” seeing as how I’d be staying there with my immediate family over Thanksgiving. I informed her that I would be making a huge Thanksgiving meal & wanted to know the details of the kitchen. She said there’s no food there, but I would have everything I need to cook. I voiced my concerns about the negative reviews I read because I wasn’t smart & looked at the reviews AFTER I booked. She said we would love it, that it was clean, and I’d have everything I need to prepare a thanksgiving meal. LOL there were a number of skillets but only 1 cooking pot so I had to cook almost everything 1 by 1, & light the stove when I needed to use it which took many tries. I wish I would have brought my vacuum because the carpet in the living area is filthy. I doubt it’s ever been vacuumed seeing as how there isn’t a vacuum available. There was dog hair/cat hair in all the corners of the home & under all the tables/on carpet. I did bring cleaning spray/sponges/disinfectant wipes after reading the reviews & I’m glad I did. The tub needed scrubbed & I also found a used razor under the tub. Mmm yummy! The lights in the backyard didn’t work and that’s where we had to park. There’s no street lights in the alley in the backyard either. So if you want to be able to see at night I would ask them to replace the light bulb's. The bed in the bedroom is extremely uncomfortable. It’s a hard mattress with a foam topper but the foam topper is too small for the bed so it’s super uncomfortable to sleep on. No tv in the bedroom.

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• Location

  4/5

  Great stay thanks to Jennifer

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• Clean home but needs some love

  3/5

  The home was clean and tidy when we entered. We quickly discovered that the shower was non-functional, with one of the components on the floor under the bath. We chose to fix this ourselves, as the property manager had not responded in a timely fashion to previous messages, prior to our arrival. The drawers in the kitchen fell out upon opening - they were not properly installed on the runners, so we also fixed this ourselves. The kitchen itself could use some attention: no scissors, no wine glasses, and no small saucepan to make soup.The worst offender was the back yard / driveway - overgrown with weeds and loose tree limbs, and covered in cigarette butts and trash.Overall, it was our view that the property manager could spend a little more time inspecting the property and fixing obvious issues.

  *This review was originally posted on Vrbo