Winterfell - No Hidden Fees; Dog OK; King Bed

Beautiful location, very quiet and peaceful. The host was very kind.

The accommodation was very nice, a great value for the price. My wife and I would have loved to have stayed longer and hope to return in the not too distant future.

Nice place in the woods. Curvy road leads to the driveway. We sat out at the picnic table until the mosquitoes chased us in. Then we sat on the comfy coach and talked and talked. Had breakfast in Arnold at Bistro Espresso and walked in the redwoods. This place was perfect for a quick getaway. Heard some dog footsteps upstairs early in the morning, but nothing excessive. Host was nice and helpful. I'd stay here again.

Arrived at 4 pm (earliest check in time) after plans changed from a later stated check-in time and host, in his pajamas, acted somewhat put out as he had laundry going in out unit? Found out our unit apparently housed laundry room for owner and two other rooms being rented out. Although weather turned cool before our arrival we were told by owner, contrary to the VRBO listed amenities, the A/C would NOT be set to accommodate our request if we wanted it set lower than 75 degrees (owner suggested we cancel our reservation and take the 50% penalty if we wanted the unit cooler than 75 degrees and he'd give us the other 50% if he was able to rent the unit). Both nights we stayed we loudly heard somebody walking around upstairs until the early hours of the morning and heard during the night somebody in a space next to us which we'd believed was storage and had a locked "private" door in our unit accessing such. There is no sink to wash dirty dishes, glasses or cups. There were several motion detector sensors at knee level in the unit which the owner had claimed were temperature monitors. We photographed them and confirmed they were motion detectors. After determing this it seemed like everytime we walked in the unit at night we'd hear the footsteps upstairs or noise in the space. The first morning the owner opened the garage door at 8 am and we could hear him on the other side of yet another "private" locked door in our unit and light coming in from under that door. The only "good" thing was a frig and cabinet well stocked with coffee, tea and food but closer inspection revealed more than half the "fresh" items had expired dates on them, some by months including yogurts. We did help ourselves to much of the non-expired items including most of the sweets!