The Blue House-Historic district 4br central to LU, colleges hospitals, downtown

Thank you for your review. You were a pleasure to host!

Thank you so much for your glowing review, Jen! The porch is definitely one of my favorite places to sit as well. It’s a great time of year for it! We hope to have you back again real soon!

Your family was a pleasure to host. I look forward to having you back soon!

Thanks so much, Julie! You were a pleasure to host and we would love to have you back again soon!

Thank you for your kind review! We look forward to hosting you in the future!

Thank you for your kind words and for taking great care of our home! It was a pleasure to host you and your family. We look forward to having you back soon!

Thank you, Anna! I’m happy to hear you took advantage of the trail..it’s a beautiful time of year to be outside here. I look forward to having you back again!

Thank you for your kind words, Sarah! It was a pleasure to host you and your family. We look forward to having you back again soon!

Thank you so much! Your family was a pleasure to host!

Thank you for your honest review and feedback. I agree with your suggestions with the communications between the renter and the host. It is for this very reason that I send out a message asking why the guests will be coming to the area. I’m always excited to offer local recommendations to my guests so that they may have the best experience possible! It’s unfortunate that I was not able to gather this information from your group ahead of time. A picture of our table is shown in the listing as seating 4. Though we have hosted multiple groups of 7 over the years, including our own family, I have turned groups away who were looking for larger dining options and more space. The Nespresso, French press, Percolator, and pour over are all noted in the listing for coffee options. Normally items like a crockpot would be listed as well. If you would have inquired, I would have gladly brought you one over to accommodate your needs. Sorry about your shoes and the walkway not being ideal, Lynchburg can be very wet this time of year and you just happened to be here during a very rainy time! The nickname around here is “Lynchburg Drenchburg!” I’m so glad you were able to enjoy the birds, they are quite beautiful this time of year as are the changing of the leaves!

Thank you, Hillary, for your kindness and taking such great care of our home. I enjoyed hosting you and would love to have you back any time!

Thank you for your honest review. I am so sorry about bugs in the bathroom and wish you would have let us know about the bugs during your stay. Virginia is known to be a rather buggy area at times throughout the seasons given we are close to mountains and the Black Water Creek is near by as well as our house being situated in front of a wooded area. The winter months however are normally when the insects are in hibernation mode but given the recent cold snap and ice storm with temps in the teens that we encountered followed by very warm temps last week with rain, it seems the ladybugs came out. We do have a monthly maintenance plan in place but these things are out of our control unfortunately during extreme weather situations. As for the house being old and tired. I will be more specific in the description that this side of town, known as Boonsboro, is the more Historic district. Our house was built in the 1950s and has hosted our daughters along with roommates who graduated from LU with masters and have lived here for 8 years. To us it is a cozy, charming house and we love the original “sticky” doors complete with skeleton key holes! It’s all perspective I guess. Up to this point it was word of mouth rental. This is all part of the process I see. We have taken much time to add little details here and there to make our house feel like a home so that others can come and gather and feel the love here. I’m glad you enjoyed your stay and again I apologize it wasn’t exactly what you were looking for. Blessings, Danielle

We are so glad you enjoyed your stay! I appreciate your feedback with everything. As for the coffee station, I will list the specifics in the description. We are coffee enthusiasts and have several coffee items to choose from… The Nespresso Machine is like the Keurig in that it also requires front loading pods which we provide. Also, we have one single coffee grinder, an electric milk frother, a Percolator, an Insulated French Press, and a pour over coffee maker. It makes total sense to list these for those that aren’t familiar! As for the rules, being new to this platform, I followed the suggestion from Vrbo to list the check out instructions in the Welcome Guide. I see where this is different from other vacation platforms and will create a Welcome Guide in house with the check out guide. I also see where an extra frying pan would be handy for larger parties who are cooking at home and will be adding one. Thanks so much for your honest review and for being our guest!

Thank you for your kind review andI will definitely be adding a regular coffee pot! Thank you for taking great care of our home. It was a pleasure to host you!