Anthony D.
Google
The booking process was easy, check in was great and everyone we dealt with was helpful, at first. When we got to the rental it was amazing, exactly what we wanted, a space we could be comfortable in with our 13 month old, with a private hot tub so we could unwind while she napped or at night, right off Main St. so everything was walkable, just like the listing said.
Unfortunately while we were unpacking we realized a lot of noise and upon walking onto our balcony (where the beautiful hot tub and soon to be obstructed "mountain view" are) we noticed the enormous construction project less than 100' away, directly across the street.
We were hopeful it would wind down at a reasonable hour, it did not... At 8pm Thur. night when the crew finally left, I emailed BigHorn and asked them for options to move to another of their units because this one was directly across the street from a major construction project and we would not have chosen this location had we known. We came to learn this location was extremely loud from 7am to 8pm weekdays and 7am to 5pm on Sat. I am not talking about hammer and nail kind of noise, this was heavy equipment, dropping large boulders into dump trucks, jack hammers in concrete, dozens of cement trucks and work trucks (that parked in our driveway) enough noise to be clearly heard (and felt) inside the house all day. This was enough to disrupt our daughter's naps and nighttime routine, and make our wonderful little 3 night trip to Frisco a lot less enjoyable...
I told Bighorn they should have a note in the listing about the construction and potentially disruptive noise. We paid over $1400 for 3 nights and would have chosen another of the numerous available properties with private hot tubs available that weekend had we known. This was not a discount or cheap rental and being the last week of Sept., there were a LOT of options and when traveling with an infant, noise is a major consideration for accommodations.
Their response was "pay us $200 to clean this rental and you can move into another of our units at regular price if you would like, but we aren't responsible for construction noise".
It doesn't seem right to pay them another $200, pack up everything needed for an infant and move for 2 days so we stayed. Following a phone call and email the next day with the manager I was told they would speak to the owner and see what they want to do since this was the owners call, but was reminded, construction is not their fault, to which I agreed, but it is their responsibility to notify tenants of known issues/disruptions...
After we checked out, I followed up since no one reached out to us for a resolution. I was told $100 refund would be applied to our CC if I promised not to post about this anywhere online... I told them to keep the money, $100 is worth making sure other people know how little this company cares about customers and to remind people to ask this company up front if there is construction going on when booking.
Look around, you will see other rental companies with decent management do warn you about construction as they realize you are likely staying with them during your hard earned vacation and the last thing you want to deal with is a major project while trying to relax. If the owner of "Frisco River Townhomes D" reads this, now you know how your rental company operates. It might be worth reconsidering unless you are so hard up for rental income that you are willing to ruin someone's vacation for a few $$$...