We would give 3.5 if we could give half points. The location was great- close to downtown Estes and RMNP! The beds and sofa were comfy. The owners responded when I reached out.
Overall I would say it was a pretty clean, very basic cabin.
However, for the price, I would say this place needs a sprucing up or start charging less to reflect an older cabin. There were nails in the walls where decor used to be. There was a note on the fireplace saying it wasn't working. The kitchen faucet had issues. The toilet functioned just fine, but was wobbly when you sat on it. There was some sort of dribble on the bathroom wall and there was a lipstick lip print on the bedside table.
There was about a half-inch of hand soap in the bathroom and no hand soap in the kitchen. The policy gives one spare roll of toilet paper, but what I found strange is that it doesn't matter how long your stay is; you get the same amount of supplies if you are staying two days or seven days. If I am paying the same amount every night of my stay (no discount for staying a full week) then I think there should be ample supplies to cover every night of my stay. Needless to say we had to go buy our own TP.
We made the most simple of meals (eggs with toast, pasta with broccoli) and that was all this kitchen could have handled. The dishes were fine, but the cookware, silverware, and utensils were aged. There was one teeny tiny sauce pan with a lid and one average size sauce pan without a lid, so I used a random casserole lid with that pan to steam the veggies. I couldn't cook the pasta and the broccoli at the same time since there were not two pans big enough.
I called the owner about a mildewy cutting board and the sharp knife that was so old it bent when we cut apples. I suggested they drop off these supplies along with hand soap and we were very pleased to find these items on the doorstep that evening.
There were many suggestions from guests in their sign-in book inside the cabin and I do hope the owners read them- new pans and skillet with lids, scissors for opening food packages, a DVD player, etc. I also suggested actual kitchen towels, but there were paper towels.
The cabin (and the kitchen in particular) clearly has a 'hand-me-down' feel which would be fine if it were a personal cabin, but not so fine or expected when families are paying good money to rent it.