THE GOOD:
* The property manager was good - responsive and helpful.
* The location is good for hiking, climbing, off-roading, and other activities near Durango, Silverton, and Ouray, although it's at least an hour ride to get to anything. It would be excellent for Purgatory in the winter though!
* The water heater is new - it broke and was replaced during our stay.
THE BAD:
* Mice...lots and lots of mice - our cats killed at least 1-2 per day. We brought it up with the management company, who sent someone out the same day, but then our cats caught a mouse literally within 10 minutes of us letting them out of their crate that same evening.
* The appliances are very cheap and only sort of work - for example, the microwave worked as long as you didn't run it longer than 1 minute at a time - if you did, it would make a terrible noise and start sparking. You could see that the inside was actually melted in spots, presumably from the issue.
* The master bed is incredibly uncomfortable - it is (presumably) old and sags in the middle, so you end up sore just trying to keep yourself from rolling into your partner.
* The walls are very very thin - if you go with a group, you'll all need to go to bed and get up at the same time - if anyone stays up late or gets up early and does ANYTHING, no one else will be able to sleep.
* The shower bottoms need a good scrubbing - they both have a long-standing coat of yuck that makes them somewhat slippery after a couple uses. It seemed like they have been getting only a surface clean for a while. Same thing with the floors overall - they need a good mopping.
* The dishes in the cabinets had food on them, so we had to scrape it off and run the dish washer before we could cook dinner our first night there.
* The fees listed on the site did not at all match the fees we were charged, nor was the discount for staying a full week applied. It was still within our acceptable price, but it bothered us a bit regardless.
SUMMARY:
We would not stay there again. At this price point, it's no where near what we've come to expect from short-term rental properties in the region.