Ainsley House | Fredericksburg Vacation Rental

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The house is not as advertised and is in dire need of repair. My husband cut his foot on the cracked and elevated tile in the bathroom which was located under the toilet. (These surfaces are notoriously dirty and someone will get an infection this way.) The toilet is sitting at an angle and the lid is loose and not at all secure. The wood under the tile is likely rotted away causing the toilet to tilt. The bathtub is very high and is set on wood blocks for some reason making it very difficult to enter and exit. The bed shown in the advert is not the bed in the house. The bed in the house is an old double bed with a terrible mattress. The bedroom offers no additional linens or pillows except what is on the bed. The living area is good sized but the torn lace curtains are see-through and offer no privacy at all. These curtains did not seem very clean. If it is raining, expect to see people walking dogs come across the front porch right in front of the windows. One picture shows an ottoman for putting your feet up. There is no ottoman. The entrance to the house is overgrown and some of the lighting is broken creating trip hazards on the walkway. It is fairly dark on the walkway at night even with the lighting. Parking is on the street and is not reserved for the address. We checked in about 45 minutes after check-in only to find the bed un-made, dirty linens in the bathroom and trash in the kitchen. I am certain the floors had not been washed or surfaces cleaned. The linens were provided, bed made and trash taken out very quickly after being reported but neither the surface cleaning nor floor mopping were done. This house needs lots of work before people shell out that kind of $$$$ to stay. And before check-in, someone needs to verify that it is cleaned and ready for occupants.

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While I was excited to stay here based on the photos seen on the internet, the excitement quickly vanished upon arrival. We had difficulty locating the place at first because the location does not match up very well with the photos on this site: the house sits a good ways back from the street and the yard is greatly overgrown, the arch over the entryway gate has fallen due to rot, the front porch has a good amount of good rot as does the exterior doors in the bedroom, and the tile in the bathroom is raised and cracked in several places, creating a sharp hazard as well as causing the toilet to sit at a weird angle that feels as if it is about to tip over or fall through the floor. Additionally, it was difficult to lock the front door (due to the house shifting I believe) making one doubt the security of the place. While I was only here for two days and most of that time was spent outside of the Ainsley house, I would not recommend staying here. I feel that the place has been greatly neglected and needs some serious TLC before anyone should stay here.