The property is nestled in a beautiful rural area with access to a grocery store nearby in Keene and a short (GORGEOUS) drive away to Lake Placid through the Keene Valley mountain area...It was a blessing and joy to drive back and forth through this during our weekend stay! Communication with Judson was smooth and timely, check-in and check-out was very easy. Judson let us know prior to arrival there were was a lady bug phase going on, and it was happening at our home in Western NY on a smaller scale so I wasn't surprised by this...we brought the kids' "Bug Gun" and they cleaned up those lady bugs! House was clean and ample size to accommodate our group of 3 adults/6 kids.
Suggested maintenance and notes for a more comfortable stay:
1) The tap water has a smell and sulfur taste. I am not picky about water, but I could not drink it; none of us did. I boiled water in my air pot and let it cool for drinking water, and we also had some bottled water. Guests should bring bottled water. Judson can consider adding a Brita filter attachment to the kitchen sink, or guests may want to bring theirs if if they own one.
2) There are two bathrooms, one upstairs and one downstairs, each with toilet and shower. Neither has a true tub. An adult will not have access to a tub. Guests with young children should know the downstairs bathroom has a short 4-6 inch "wall" around it that can fill up as a TINY "tub" for a child.
3) This shower also has a glitch where the manual flip (up/down) switch for the drain does not stay down, so while showering, the water is plugged and is accumulating in that 4-6" bin.
4) The same downstairs bathroom has 2 pocket doors, one exits to the mudroom/entry and the other exits into one (of two) guest bedrooms downstairs. This is the only room attached to a bathroom. This may be helpful to know for guests who need access to bathrooms in the evening. However, guests staying in that room may be disturbed if other guests use that bathroom because pocket doors don't help much with sound.
5) The pocket door to the bedroom would not slide properly. It was very difficult to move the door and it got stuck all the time.
6) Neither pocket door had a functional lock. This lack of privacy was an inconvenience for us as we were staying with another family.
We really enjoyed our stay and would consider staying again! The kitchen was well stocked with cooking pans, tupperware, seasonings and more. We cooked several meals and had no issues.