myself, my boyfriend and our 2 dogs stayed at this cabin in July. it superrrrr cute and the setup is very cool honestly. it was off the grid, no wifi or service, back in the country vibes with a Mountain View.
if you 100% hate bugs, want wifi/service, want AC, and are allergic to bees: I would recommend to stay away from this cabin. only because there are bugs obviously cuz you are in the woods/mountains, you are off the grid for a reason, no AC in the cabin (we did bring a plug in small fan for night time air flow), and my boyfriend sprayed a bunch of wasps/yellow jacket nests the second day we were there. he got stung on the face the first night by one of these huge yellow jacket hybrid bees (we've never seen them before so we don't know what they even are called lol). I was so freaked out I slept in the car that night haha HOWEVER, us spraying a lot of the nests seemed to be A HUGE HELP. we didn't see those big whatever-they-ares the last 2 nights and I was able to sleep very well lol I saw other reviews about the bugs being so bad, BUT the owners did put up a huge net over the garage door opening which helped with bugs but again, there are holes in the floor and whatnot so bugs are going to get in (also being in the woods).
I saw reviews where there are 2 codes and there are 2 codes so make sure to pay attention! I screen recorded each email so that I had access to all the info with no service.
Brett and Leslie were both VERY responsive!! they even gave us suggestions for places as well as where we could take the dogs.
we left the dogs one morning to hike in the Great smoky mountains national park. we left the garage door open for shade and closed the gate. we came back like 4-5 hours later and they were just fine, living their best mountain lives!
the road to the cabin wasn't terrible. it is a gravel road all the way up and it goes up a pretty decently steep hill. I have a FWD Mazda cx5 and it did just fine going up and down the road! (obviously wouldn't make it up in the winter time if there's snow or ice though).
overall our stay here was enjoyable. the fire pit was awesome. the rain shower was a neat experience too. the location was great and not super far from everything we wanted to do. I DO wish there was just some kind of air flow INSIDE the cabin itself.... like an overhead fan that ran with the generator or something. BUT we would still stay here again, just probably try it out in the fall/winter time next time!