My girlfriends and I, 7 in total, just returned from a week-end in Nashville, IN. I love the town and have been there many times over the years. We rented a cabin from Hills O%26#39; Brown Realty. The name of the cabin was Maple Hills. It%26#39;s location was private and wonderful, but that%26#39;s about the best I can say. It seems to be an old cabin that has been added on to, but that%26#39;s not the bad part. It was cold and rainy when we arrived just at dark. There was a gas fireplace that we wanted to burn, but the pilot light was out. We called realty # and they sent someone out to light it while we went into town for dinner. There was a thermostat in the living room which one would think would go to a furnace, but it didn%26#39;t work, so our only source of heat was the gas fireplace, plus some baseboard heaters in one of the back bedrooms. There was a loft bedroom above the living room with the gas fireplace, but you couldn%26#39;t use it because the heat rising from the fireplace made it unbearable up there. The other bedroom was extremely cold. The place was dirty, dust everywhere, trash under the bed, huge dead flies in window sills,live flies all over the place, and cobwebs hanging everywhere. We had to clean the bathtub before we would even use the shower. The living room furniture was so old and dilapidated that when you sat down, you needed help to get up because of the hole you sank down in to. After 2 of us were awakened very early one morning by a strange noise around a lamp shade, we flipped on the lights to see a big lizard run up and around the window frame. Thankfully that was the day we were leaving. They charged $20 per person, per night, for every person over 2 for a cabin that could sleep 8, which is ridiculous, so we ended up paying $756 for 7 people for 2 nights, in accomodations that were less than desirable. We called the mgmt. of the cabin rentals, and told them of our disappointment, but they were unwilling to discount except for $20 off total, which we told them to keep. As for Hills O%26#39; Brown realty, I say ';Never Again';!
Not pleased with cabin rental.
Sorry to hear about your bad experience. When you look so forward to going to Brown County it really puts a damper on the trip when your cabin stinks! Cabins in Brown Co. are not cheap either! Much more expensive than Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge.
We stayed with Hills O%26#39;Brown last December at ';Logged Inn'; cabin. It wasn%26#39;t as bad as your experience, but the master bath had a terrible mildew problem caused from the upstairs bathroom shower. Plus the staircase that was made to go from the second floor to the enclosed Hot Tub was closed off. I guess it was unsafe. We felt that there should be some sort of compensation and our friends that rented the cabin complained to mangement upon check-out. They said we should have told them immediately and that they would have moved us to another cabin. That was the policy of the contract. Don%26#39;t know how they think they could have found another cabin the weekend before Christmas that was large enough to accommodate 9 adults. From what we could see everything else was booked. Our friends said they would no longer book through Hill O%26#39;Brown. Not sure if I would go that far since they seem to have the largest selection of cabins. This year we booked Adventurewood cabin with another company. Hopefully it is as nice as the pictures appear. I%26#39;ll let you know.
Not pleased with cabin rental.
Thanks for your reply. It%26#39;s always interesting to hear another person%26#39;s experiences. You mentioned that the Hills O%26#39; Brown mgmt. said that if they%26#39;d been told about the problems earlier, they would have moved you to another cabin. As I said before, we arrived in the dark on Friday night, and called them on Saturday morning with a list of things wrong, and they were unwilling to help. I guess we live and learn, but I sure do hate it to cost me a lot of money and enjoyment in the process. Positive note: Hopefully, we%26#39;ll be laughing and telling stories about ';remember the time when'; in years to come. I hope your visit in the other company%26#39;s cabin is a very enjoyable one. Be sure and eat at the Hobnob Corner Restaurant. The food is very good and reasonably priced.
next time come down to beautiful South Padre Island Texas. We are on the southernmost tip of Texas and have beautiful beaches, great food and people. We are inexpensive, too. You could get a condo for what you spent on that cabin and enjoy paradise!
Pam:
Yeah, I know what you mean about retelling an awlful experience and laughing about it later. My group of friends do that all the time.
As for the Hobnob, we always go there at least once while we%26#39;re visiting. I think one of my friends would actually have a corinary if we didn%26#39;t. She absolutely loves that place. I only like to go for lunch. I really love their French Onion soup that comes with great dinner rolls. There%26#39;s a mexican place that me and my husband would like to try. Not sure how good it is, but we%26#39;ve gone to The Artist Colony and Hobnob so many times that we%26#39;re ready for something different. If you have any suggestions please let me know.
Thanks!
AdventureWood Cabin is beyond beautiful, and has always been sparkling clean. The management and owners are super friendly and always available. Highly recommended!
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