Smoky Mountain House with View and Game Room - Gatlinburg

You will get to enjoy our high end designed peaceful home (300 ft above elevation) when we are not around. It is fully stocked (no food/spices) kitchen, 3 king beds, 3 full bathrooms, futon/couches, game room & a beautiful view on a hill in a woodsy area to hike up/down. You are minutes from downtown Gatlinburg & minutes away from the Great Smoky Mountains. We are about 15 minutes from Pigeon Forge (depending on traffic). We are about a 5 minute drive from the Glades to hop on a trolley.

The space
This is our home that we are sharing with you. You won't see any personal pictures of our faces throughout the house; as we want you to feel comfortable in our home. There are various pictures of places we have traveled and hope that some of our guests will recognize them. This is a high end designed home with marble flooring and showers, glass shower doors, granite countertops, finished solid wood doors and trim, Kohler products etc. You can sit in our living room, enjoy the view of the outdoors and the peak of the Smoky Mountains. In the evening when county permits, you can enjoy a bond fire outside. Or you can drive to a nearby creek or river to enjoy some water fun. (There is one nearby that we love to go to. Just ask us and we will give you some recommendations).

Bears and other wildlife: We do have a bear den nearby. Please be respectful of wildlife. Please go to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to familiarize yourself when coming in contact with a bear. Please don’t keep food in your car and always lock your car to prevent a bear breaking in.

We have a game room (formally the garage) with a computer desk and cat5 plug in for high speed internet. We also have secured wifi for our guests. We have blue tooth exhaust fans so guests can play their music while taking a shower.

Games: We have various gaming consoles with preloaded games (no need for any CDS). We have a couple of large arcade games as well. There are also board games etc.

Massage Chair: We have an amazing massage chair in the game room for you to relax and unwind. Great way to get a message, relax and maybe take a nap. lol!

Streaming Devices: No need to bring a streaming device. We provide roku streaming devices, one for each of the bedrooms and one for the living room. They are set up under guest mode so you can sign as a guest and have it sign you out the day of your reservation check out. This helps keep your apps private for your use only. There are some apps that allow you to watch free movies and channels. Roku even has a streaming channel to stream live tv for free. Roku does offer you to use your various apps such as Netflix, Peacock, HBO, etc. We will not be responsible if you pick the wrong day of check out on the roku app and someone else uses it. Please note, the Roku devices do freeze after they have been left on for a while and have not been turned off . If this happens, simply unplug the device and plug it back in. Since we have Roku and are able to stream live tv for free, there isn't any cable tv at the house. You can always sign into your cable tv provider through Roku if you want to watch something specific.

Sleeping arrangement: We have 3 king beds and two couches and a futon. Both couches (there are 2) don't have a pull out bed. If you bring a total of 9 people including yourself, three people would be sleeping on the couch or futon. The futon isn’t very long so if you are tall, the futon will not be for you. The whole house is tiled so you can't have any floor sleepers. Any extra guests beyond will be charged.

You will be parking outside as there isn't any garage parking. The garage attached to the house is now the arcade/game room. The detached garage and shed isn't for guest use and will NOT be given access to it.

There is a firepit in the back yard and free wood nearby if you would like to enjoy a fire. Please keep in mind burning a fire is subject to the county guidelines, such as if they said we are under a "no burning ordinance." If we end up being under a "no burn ordinance temporarily," you will not be able to use the firepit until the county lifts the ban.

Trolley service: We are near the Arts and Crafts Community. Depending on the city of Gatlinburg's schedule, you drive approximately 5 mins away to the Arts and Crafts Community (park there) and enjoy riding the FREE trolley through Gatlinburg and Pigeon forge. Always check with the city of Gatlinburg.

***Also, please actually take a look at where this house is on the map. It is close to downtown and the full listing in its entirety. This way, we are not getting dinged on review ratings when you should be seeing what we have to offer you as a guest and where this house is. As always, ask questions if you are not sure.

Guest access
You will be required to fill out our forms and send them back to us via email, text or Airbnb messaging. (We will be asking for your email address to email them) Once we have that, we will notify you the day before your reservation for access info. If you don't receive access info by 6 pm the day before your reservation, please contact me.

Other things to note

You are responsible for yourself and your guests.

There are cameras on the exterior of the property only. I am not here to sit and spy on you. I have better things to do with my time. However, you will be held accountable if you break the house rules. Just be a good guest that follows the house rules, bring guests that follow our house rules and take care of our home better than it was before you received it. If you are doing those things, you have nothing to worry about and can just enjoy your vacation and stay. (If the camera's bother you, then just think of all the places you go that have camera's: grocery stores, street lights, highways, gas stations etc. lol!)

This house is about 300 feet above elevation. The roads near our road are a little curvy and some are slightly narrow. When you enter our street, the road is paved, then gravel and going up a hill is paved. When you drive on our street, it will feel like you are driving into a dark forest. Once you get to the hill up our road, you should start to see some lights. The roads in this area don't have street lights as it's more country mountain scenery. The gravel part of our road does have some deep grooves but can be easily navigated out of it. There is an alternate route that we will give you to avoid the gravel. Keep in mind this house is the center of nature near the Smoky Mountains and can enjoy some peace and quiet.

Care of our street in Fall and Winter: There isn't anyone coming to shovel the snow or blow the leaves. Usually, it is driven enough that someone packs it down. If you make a reservation at these times, we will try our best to assist you in getting to our house. And we also try our best to let you know in the event there is a snow storm coming (we will reach out to you if you know there is a snow storm coming during your stay.)

There is a game room and doesn't require you to put any money into the games to use them. There are push buttons on the stand up video games for you to play the games. It is a part of your reservation. We also have various game counsels (preloaded games) and board games in the house.

Please note, we are not responsible if the power goes out because of weather or nature issues. If they happen, let us know and we will contact the electric company so that they can do their best to expedite getting the service turned back on. In the event this happens, it's a great time to find something to do like a nature venue, shopping, or board games in the house. Just because it is raining or the power is out at our house for mother nature reasons, doesn't mean you can't find something fun to do. There is lots to do here in the area, both inside and outside. Heck! Go be a kid again and play in the rain...lol!

Covid-19 extra info: We do have a UV light installed in our furnace to provide sterilized air flow in the house. You may find the air kind of dry and will need to make sure you hydrate. You will only experience the dry air when the furnace kicks in. We have the UV light installed to kill any viruses floating in the air (such as Covid-19) of our house and provide a more sanitized environment. Please don't tamper with the UV light itself as it can be damaging to you or your guests if tampered with.

Please note that this is a FULLY stocked house with the exception of food, spices, oil, salt and pepper. If you look at the amenities list, there is a selection for us to mark if there is cookware including salt and pepper. Airbnb doesn't allow us to mark them separately. Therefore, you will need to bring your own food including salt, pepper, oil, spices and coffee. We don't want food of any kind left in the house to prevent attracting bugs.

There are some closets that are off limits in the house and have separate keypads on them. You will NOT be given access for that as this is our unshared space. However, there are plenty of closets, drawers and cabinets for you to store your things during your stay. Also, there isn't garage parking. The garage attached to the house has been turned into a game room. The separate garage is OFF limits and will not being given access to.