There are some definite good things about this place: the view, the room is comfy (good thing that it's in the basement, because there is no air conditioning), location (close enough to Boulder), and there is a coffee maker (except no decaf). There are just a few things that could make this a great place to stay. Some of the reviews mentioned Donna's rules. The rules are pretty basic. Like - Take your shoes off. These are rules most would want others to follow at their house, so it makes sense here. One rule that I did not understand was, "Don't use the family room." When you enter the basement area, there is a family room, the bedroom, and the bathroom. We're told to only use the bathroom and bedroom. I guess we would have been okay with not using it if the Roku worked in the bedroom. The network is not enough to have us using it and the home owners using it. We tried to watch a movie. It kept freezing so we only got to watch about 10 minutes of it. Then it just refused to work. The family room has a TV that has a DVD player. We could have maybe watched a movie that way. We had had a full day hiking, exploring, and just wanted to watch a movie and relax. You can't get "regular" TV on the TV, so we couldn't watch anything. It was only the Roku which requires bandwidth.
There is no air conditioning, so if it's warm, bring your own fan. There was a small fan attached to the dresser, so we couldn't move it near the one window in the room. It did help circulate the air a little bit, but it would have been nice to have one available. Now, chances of it being that warm anytime soon is rare. It just happened to be the week where it was 103 in Colorado. Fortunately, it wasn't that up at the VRBO. It was still warm at times.
Would we stay here again? Probably not. But if the things I mentioned don't bother you, then this is the place to stay. Donna was very responsive to the VRBO app. We met Michael once, and he advised us about hiking Sugarloaf Mountain. Seemed very nice. They provided very nice robes and some welcome treats. The biggest issue was the bandwidth. If that was solved, this place could be great!