What an unfortunate experience.
The property is very old. That was expected, although there is a difference between "historic" and "disrepair". Burned out light bulbs, rocky toilets, no water pressure.The house is dirty. The rooms are dirty and dusty. The kitchen smells like rotten fruit, the front porch smells of cat urine because the cat roams outdoors. Both cat and dog are friendly but dirty and smelly as well. Breakfast is cold cereal, a little fruit, and store bought biscuits everyday. We ate out after day one. The proprietor was somewhat friendly but nervous. Not sure what role the husband and nephew play other than lurking in the background.There is no customer service. Once you get the key, you're on your own. Although the price was right, the owner couldn't figure out how to charge the right amount and it caused all kinds of credit card issues, nor could she pull up a map. I would not recommend this property to anyone until there is a major overhaul and/or new ownership.

We've stayed in many b&b's and this was one of the worst. The lady who ran it has either done this way too long, is sick of talking to guests or just isn't friendly. When we arrived, she just gave us the key, said when breakfast was and disappeared. She didn't ask us if we needed anything. We couldn't find her and had to call her on our cell to ask for a map (we were walking) and a recommendation for dinner. She brought down this pathetic 8.5" x 11" unlegible black and white copied over and over map. We wandered out (walking) and found a place up with street with wonderful walking maps. Wouldn't you think she would pick up a few of these free maps and have them available for her guests? She had no brochures on historic Charleston, nothing. She said breakfast was at 8:30 and it was 15 minutes late both mornings. She had cold cereal (cheerios and raisin bran), unpeeled miniature oranges and biscuits/bread. She is either too old to cook or never had the talent (I assume the latter). She did not interact with the guests at breakfast at all (or at any other time either). No chit chat, not asking about her guest's trip, what they had seen, where they were going, nothing. I don't think she really cared to have anything to do with her guests at all except to collect the payment.

The house was very old, bedroom was musty, bathroom not updated and the TV was dusty, very old and the cable was grainy. The location was great (in the heart of downtown Charleston), but the service and food were bad. She never even told us goodbye. We just left.

If these folks are just doing a b&b because they have two extra bedrooms and want to supplement their retirement income, I suggest hiring a friendly person to be there during the day to greet guests and also - bring in a cook!!

We stayed on a Saturday night arriving at 8 pm. Marie was there to greet us at the door. She was very nice welcoming us...gave us the keys to the front door and to our bedroom on the third floor and told us to read the rules that was in our bedroom. Room was nice and clean and well decorated..as well as the bathroom. Small door led out to a spacious piazza with table and chairs. There were magazines and books to read. A ceiling fan for those of you..like me that can't sleep without some noise lol. We went walking down to the market area (maybe 1/2-3/4 mile) to eat a late dinner. We walked back a different way to take in the sights...all the way to battery park which is only about 1 block from the house. Breakfast on Sunday was at 8:30 am in the formal dining room..served on very nice china and silverware. Her husband Emerson came out to meet and greet us. They only have two rooms that they rent to guests..so we had our breakfast with two other people. You serve yourself...cereal, biscuits, marmalade/jam, butter, 3 types of fruit, orange juice and your choice of coffee or tea. A nice continental breakfast. Now if you stay on Satuday night as we did..they do attend church on Sunday morning ..so be prepared to settle up with your credit card at breakfast as they will be leaving by 10am or so.(That is checkout time..but if you need to stay longer you can..and just lock up whenever you leave). This is a nice place to stay if you are physically able to carry your bags up 3 flights of stairs and want a nice quiet room and be left alone and come and go as you please. This would not be a good place if you are handicapp or like to spend a lot of time talking with the owners or expect a full gourmet breakfast. Nonethless I would recommend this bed and breakfast...we were in town during a convention and this was the only place out of 20 that I called that had an opening..and the price was on the lower side compared to other places. Owners were nice and courteous to us..since they only rent two rooms...all the money that they make goes towards the upkeep and maintenance of the home..which you can imagine is probably very high with hurricane/flood insurance and trying to maintain a house that was built in the mid 1700's.

They mishandled our reservation terribly, having rented one of our reserved and confirmed rooms to someone else, forcing us to scramble to find a second room elsewhere in town, even though we arrived as agreed at 3:00 PM. There was no one there to discuss the situation, and we still haven't heard back from them with an apology or explanation. We ended up having to take an expensive hotel room far away from our friends who stayed in the one free room, almost ruining our weekend. The location is good, but the owners have clearly lost interest in running this place. Stay away.