Franconia Notch Retreat by the river: with new Jacuzzi

We reported a strong odor of heating fuel and the host dismissed our concerns to justify denying a refund without coming to the property in person despite living locally. VRBO did the right thing and refunded us but this host left us with a bad taste in our mouths and we will be careful about booking at any of his properties again.

House was clean and great little getaway. Fantastic views and close to the mountains, perfect base camp for hiking to come back to.

The house was very clean, up to date and with a nice, open feel. The kitchen was reasonably well equipped which was important since there are few places in the immediate area to go out to eat this time of year. We relied on takeout and pre-cooked meals which we would reheat. (Suggestion: adding a baking sheet and mixing bowl to the kitchen supplies would be a good idea). The scenery from the deck was stunning - I kept taking pictures from it! The location is nice and quiet but easy to get back to the main highway. The one frustration we experienced was with the internet connection, which was quite weak. Often, if we were using one device, the addition of a 2nd device would cause things to freeze up. We never used the hot tub in the garage even though that was one of the main attractions in booking this place. The garage was a bit less inviting than I was expecting, and being an unattached garage meant going out in some pretty frigid temps. But we were comfortable here and would stay here again if we were to come back to this area.

Lovely house in a beautiful location. The Mountain views are incredible. The house is private yet super close to hiking and only 10 mins from Littleton. The hot tub after a hike is the cherry on top. Will definitely consider staying again!

The place was in an amazing location. Near a little yet comfy town but far enough from civilization to feel away from the world

Great location with communicative owners but overall poor cleanliness. All kitchen utensils were dirty, grill had leftover food in tinfoil growing mold on it, sticky substance on the floor around/behind the tv, etc. Advertised game room is also just a foosball table and dart board in an empty cement basement.

Appreciate that the host worked with us to change our reservation date. Greatly appreciated that the host accommodated our request to check in early. Only bump is that we were not given access information until after we arrived and had to spend most of an hour trying to contact the host to get into the house.

We stayed for one night before the 2024 eclipse. The place was in fine shape, as displayed in the photos. There were two issues: the floor clearly hadn’t been swept in a while so there were dead bugs and a lot of dust in the living room. We were charged a linens fee on top of the not-small cleaning fee, so we were disappointed that half of the beds weren’t made. When I reached out about the dead bugs and dust, it wasn’t the most friendly top host response. Overall, I think this was a fine replacement for a 2 star motel. We paid a lot due to the eclipse, so it is hard to weigh in on whether the place lived up to the price. I just wish there weren’t so many fees for hot tub, linens, cleaning, plus an extremely large deposit. We did get the full deposit back at least (as we should have, we left it cleaner than when we arrived).

We were only at the house for one night for a wedding nearby. Check in was quick and painless as was check out. The house was clean and had everything we needed.

Comfortable.