Owner's Response: Okay folks, here goes my 'defensive' response after reading this sad review: Diligent about making my guests' stay here enjoyable, I am surprised & blindsided. Easy to contact by phone, text or email, I hadn't heard anything from this guest (complaint or suggestions). It's true though, it was really hot that day. Several of us came home to hot houses on that & two other days. For that, I apologize. The VRBO listing does show no AC & I usually make that clear in discussions as well. Hardly anyone in the Northwest has it, because we so rarely need it. In fact, many guests over the years have come to stay here to escape the blistering heat in the Southwest & there's never before been a complaint. (80-90 degrees for a day in the Pacific Northwest, however, does send locals into a faint & makes all the news channels!) It doesn't say so in the guest's review, but there is a 30" box fan & two other smaller ones at the cottage. There are full-length screens on both the front & back doors & the bathroom window does open, all of which creates a cross breeze. Even if the windows all did open, the guest would probably have left everything closed that day they were gone & I suspect that if they used the fans, this little place would have cooled off at 6 PM quite quickly, since on this hill above Puget Sound there's always an evening up-draft/breeze. Remodeling this little place, it was clear that a full-system AC was financially prohibitive for the prices I charge guests & no one would ever want a window unit blocking this view! The windows are not "painted shut" as described, but fixed-pane units original to the building built in the 30s. It was actually a considered choice to spend much more to have them painstakingly re-glazed & re-painted versus putting in new aluminum sliders...wanted vintage vs. 'modernized'...bad on hot days in the 1930s & apparently still so on occasion. Can't say I'll be changing it though. Be fore-warned future guests ;+}, but please read the other reviews before you write this off. For those still willing to brave the cottage in late summer after reading this, the bathroom window opens & is inaccessible from outside & the back screen door has a lock on it. It's a very safe area. If you do close it up & return to a hot inside, please grab a cold drink & enjoy the fab view from the deck lounge chairs for half an hour while the fans & the Sound breezes cool it off! Hope you'll still consider The High Cottage. Everyone (else) loves it.