Really enjoyed the place, also the owners are very thorough in their instructions for how everything works. Very clean, great amenities, although the lack of shade outside is a little bit of a bummer. Lastly, we felt they watered the lawn too much. We are still in a drought and this amount of water is unnecessary and not sustainable.
- Meghann C. 03/22/2017
Thank you for your feedback and we are glad you enjoyed your visit. While we do provide umbrellas for shade in the backyard, we do understand that the area is quite large and expansive, without much tree cover to obscure our amazing views of the San Jacinto mountains. We do have plans to build a large pergola structure to offer additional relief and that is scheduled to occur during our slower season so as not to impact any of our guests. As for the lawn watering, two points to note here. First off, we have had a very wet winter (certainly by Palm Springs standards), and that has resulted in very lush greenery both in our backyard as well as throughout the area in general. More importantly, the week before your arrival, which marked the arrival of warmer, 90 degree weather, our landscapers fertilized the lawn for the coming summer season and that required temporary additional watering for the fertilizer to properly set. This was only a temporary situation and we water no more than is required to keep our lawn somewhat healthy. We are very conscious of the drought situation in California, having gone so far as to remove almost 2,000 feet of turf from our front yard, replacing it with desert hardscape to make a very dramatic reduction to our water consumption footprint.
Thank you for your feedback and we are glad you enjoyed your visit. While we do provide umbrellas for shade in the backyard, we do understand that the area is quite large and expansive, without much tree cover to obscure our amazing views of the San Jacinto mountains. We do have plans to build a large pergola structure to offer additional relief and that is scheduled to occur during our slower season so as not to impact any of our guests. As for the lawn watering, two points to note here. First off, we have had a very wet winter (certainly by Palm Springs standards), and that has resulted in very lush greenery both in our backyard as well as throughout the area in general. More importantly, the week before your arrival, which marked the arrival of warmer, 90 degree weather, our landscapers fertilized the lawn for the coming summer season and that required temporary additional watering for the fertilizer to properly set. This was only a temporary situation and we water no more than is required to keep our lawn somewhat healthy. We are very conscious of the drought situation in California, having gone so far as to remove almost 2,000 feet of turf from our front yard, replacing it with desert hardscape to make a very dramatic reduction to our water consumption footprint.