Tom Joos

Review of Railey Realty and Deep Creek L...

We spent lots of money on a lakefront home, Hickor...

We spent lots of money on a lakefront home, Hickory Ridge, which was in a great location with a very nice yard, but the house itself, as well as the dock, were completely neglected. The basement was foul smelling and unventilated (windows were rusted shut) to the point where we did not utilize any of the game tables. The dock was down right hazardous with rusty, popping nails, and was not set out into the water to where we could enjoy swimming or park our boat safely. There were few ceiling fans to balance out the lack of air conditioning, and the plug-ins were so dirty and useless (so old that the fan blades were bent to where they did not blow air) we set them outside and purchased our own. Our granddaughter hurt her foot on a protruding floor nail in the living room. There is clearly no investment by the owners to keep the place up or provide expected amenities, yet Railey markets and prices the home as a premium rental, even advertising that it had recently been renovated (we could not figure out what that claim was based on). We are not going to rent from Railey again and would definitely recommend that families with children avoid this property.