I looked at previous reviews for this guest house and was amazed at the variety of responses experienced by various guests! I phoned the proprietor and spoke to one of the nicest and kindest persons imaginable. She told me that she was aware of some of the more outspoken reviews but assured me that any problems had been remedied===and she was right! Our stay was incredible===the hosts (Della & Virgil could not have been more obliging. My wife and I (both physicians) prefer high standards when vacationing and they were certainly realized at Mt. Scott .We are veteran B&B'ers and this ranks as one of the best in all categories--it is homey and sincere with amenities expected at only the more higher priced B&B's. This place is a BARGAIN and I cannot recommend it highly enough! Don't go if you expect a five star resort====this is an upscale B&B . It is as if you were visiting a friend's country estate. Della explains the lay out of the house on arrival and one has total use of the common rooms and kitchen including snacks, wine, and delicious home-made "goodies" (chocolate cake and pecan pie on our visit). We intended to stay 2 dqys and ended up staying for ten! What a wonderful and unique experience. By the way==we preferred that there not be daily maid service and she informed us that this was standard at her home but if you prefer this all one has to do is ask.

I made this reservation on a whim, without reading any reviews, lesson learned.
I called to reserve a 1 night stay and asked about their policy on extending our visit, Della said I could extend during our stay she no other reservations.
I called Della to say I would be arriving shortly after dinner and she said that would be fine, I missed a call from her during my meal with my wife, her voicemail states that she was going out to dinner with Virgil and she would see us soon. My wife and I arrived to an empty house and sat in the driveway for 50min. We received a quick tour of the house and she pointed us to our room. Come the next morning at about 8:30am Della was nowhere to be found so I had a conversation with Virgil about the property and the wildlife in the area, and informed him that we would not be able to stay for the 9am breakfast or that night, He said ok, and my wife and I left.
I was recently charged for both nights stay even though I left and did not come back, Della did try to call me at 9:32PM, for what I do not know since she did not leave a voicemail.
I called her after I saw the charge on my statement, I told her I was overcharged and that I had spoke to Virgil to ensure there was no confusion, She tried to blame the misunderstanding on Virgil being deaf; I told her I noticed since he had to put in his hearing aid for us to have the conversation we did. After that she became very abrupt and told me she every right to charge me what she did, if I had a problem with it I would have to go through my credit card company and then she hung up.
I was going to write a somewhat decent review since this BnB has been lambasted previously and it seems like they have tried a little to improve, but nothing irks me more than dishonest business, The bed was nice the room was large and the view was peaceful. You can hear everything going on in the house which stole my sense of privacy with my wife since all the rooms are butted up next to each other.

Don't expect a key to your room because there isn't one. The front door is never locked so people can come in off the street. We were worried about our belongings because the bedroom door only locked from the inside. The place does not have any signs out the front to indicate that it is a B&B. The owners have a chicken coop with dozens of mite infested hens, 6 cats and a baby rabbit which was living in the downstairs bathroom. I wanted to freshen up on my arrival and since our room was not ready, asked if there was somewhere else I could go. Della offered me the kitchen sink, which I declined. Breakfast is taken at their kitchen table - otherwise known as their "dining room". I had to go looking for bowls and glasses myself. She made me some poached eggs and picked the cooked eggs up in her hand and plopped them onto my plate. Same with the toast! We were horrified. No utensils were used. There was no real effort made and this may explain why they do not have many guests. The room was lovely but the bed was as soft as a marshmallow and my husband and I ended up in the middle of the bed due to the mattress being way too soft. Their website makes the place look professional and resort-like, which it is not. One day I returned to see Virgil, the 81 year old owner, sitting at the, ahem, "dining" table, his shirt completely undone to the waist exposing his bare chest. This place just rents out spare bedrooms and calls itself a B&B. Go elsewhere is my recommendation. By the way, we stayed 3 nights and our room was never serviced.

Della and Virgil were wonderful hosts. She made an amazing breakfast with fresh eggs from her chicken coup and warm maple syrup for the pancakes and wafles. The mattress was better than ours at home - it was quite confortable. Overall, it was an enjoyable experience that I would say was good however not great. Next time we will remember to ask if this is a non-smoking B&B. What I mean is that the sheets, towels and carpet had the smell of cigarette smoke. As mentioned in a separate post, our room was quite warm however we couldn't open the windows because there were not any screens and the bugs would come in. We were a little disappointed that we could not watch "live" regular cable in our room but had to revert to previously taped shows via OnDemand. Finally, it was quite distracting hearing other guests in the room next to us. It seemed like the walls were paper thin. Unlike previous posts, we could not hear the chicken coup from our room however we did not stay in the Oriental suite. Despite these things, it was still a good experience.