We visited in January, so heating was very important, and worked well! The fireplace on the main floor is what controls the heat, and will get very warm quickly! There are also small wall heaters in each bedroom, but we didn't need them. The mattresses were soft, not bad though. The whole house was very clean, we didn't see any dust, and could still see the fresh vacuum marks lol. The kitchen was organized, fridge was very clean, microwave is hard to reach/see into for us short girls lol...only thing the kitchen was lacking was aluminum foil and ziplock baggies. The downstairs game room had it's own stove heater, which made it easy to control temps on all floors. The pool table is great, couches are comfy, the only strange/inconvenient thing was that the only tv in the whole house is downstairs in the game room, so when adults are down there listening to music/playing pool, the kids can't watch tv. Would be great if there was a tv upstairs somewhere.