The good: Very comfortable beds, plenty of linens, kitchen well stocked, great location to hot springs, host very communicative and helpful. No issues with solar or losing power, water was straight from tap and good. There was a TV, but we never used it so not sure about that. The heaters were very cozy and worked well.
Not great: train is close and loud. It took three nights to be able to sleep through it. No washer/dryer. We took a walk hoping to be able to access the river, but it’s a very well posted “no trespassing” neighborhood, which was a bummer because the river is just right there. The plates were very greasy, literal clumps of grease on them when we got them out of cupboard. Since it’s required to do the dishes before we leave, this is probably more reflection on the people who stayed before us than the hosts.. (I’m not sure what the cleaning fee was for, because we have to clean the house before we leave- take out the trash, strip the beds, wash the dishes, etc. There is huge clumps of dust bunnies in dog hair under the beds, and nothing was really dusted, so I’m not quite sure what the cleaning fee goes to. Maybe laundry?)
Overall it was a decent stay, great proximity to hot springs. Do take note of the Wi-Fi password though, because you’ll need that to get on WiFi so you can get the email with access code for the door, Which wasn’t sent until a couple hours before we were going to check in. There is no cell phone service at all in this area, so having the code a day before would have been helpful.