1 Family Paradise, Den, Playground, Space

Location is awesome - close to everything and in a quiet neighborhood with a lovely yard. However, the condition of the house, specifically from a cleanliness standpoint, was absolutely ridiculous! We can take worn conditions as sometimes happens with rentals BUT dirty sheets (hair everywhere and smelled sweaty) and duvet cover (dry food smears on top...salsa???) that had to be washed before we could use them...not acceptable. Both shower curtains were moldy and smelled so bad. The carpet was really very dirty and especially in the master bedroom.It looked like cups (many) of coffee had been spilled on the carpet and not cleaned up. We had to make a trip back out to purchase cleaning supplies (zero cleaning supplies were available in the house) and air fresheners. The list is very long and I won't go on as the owner indicated they are being shut down due to VRBO restrictions in Tahoe. I am guessing his attitude is to let things go...but still charge FULL price. Bottom line, I went up with my family to attend a party in the area and spent the first 2 hours of my vacation cleaning and feeling very uncomfortable for 2 days in this place due to the grossness. We've done a lot of VRBO's and have never had this happen.

The location and property is great. Welcoming for kids. The property has everything you need. Will definitely come back. My kids loved it

I would like to start stating that the house was clean and ready for tenants. However, it was a shame we were only there for about 30 minutes. During the booking process I entered that there would be 8-10 adults and 5 children plus 1 toddler. The rental called for a maximum of 12 people. We had 8 adults, 5 kids and plus one toddler. I had contacted the owner through the VRBO private message system and have home the head count and told him there would be a mother and a baby as well. He said “if it was up to me, it would be fine but no more than what I had because city ordinance would not allow him to have that.” So, I took it as an ok since it was strictly family and it was our Easter vacation after all our family has been through Covid. As we were unloading my family automatically got an unwelcome and uncomfortable feeling with the neighbors. The surrounding neighbors starting coming out of their houses and inspecting our unloading process. We felt as if everyone was watching us and being judged. We all went into the house and started settling in for our Easter dinner preparation in the kitchen. About 30 minutes upon our arrival I received a phone call from the owner stating to confirm my head count which I told him we were over 1 adult and the baby. He said he had watched us through the camera and we couldn’t stay because we had gone over. We believe a neighbor must have called because there are signs ALL OVER the house warning tenants about the neighbors to the left and to keep noise levels down. I proceeded to tell him if we could PLEASE finish out the day and finish eating dinner and he didn’t care. I repeated that it was only a baby and the mom and he said “ I don’t care if it was a newborn, they have to leave”. I also stated that we had traveled 4 hours and there was no way we could find a rental for the night. He disregarded our circumstances and said we had 30 minutes to leave if not he would kick us ALL out. We packed our things back up and decided we had to go back home. We were put and an awful family situation. I sent him a message telling him if we could at least be refunded for the 2 days we were not going to be there. He stated “ if I could re-rent the property he would gladly give us a full refund”. I went into the VRBO website and he never made the effort to put the property back available to rent. I believe we deserved at least a refund on the 2 days we were unable to use there services!

So I don't like to leave bad reviews, but I feel like I need to be honest about this place. The owner is very nice and easy to communicate with and if we could rate him separate from the rental, I would. When we arrived, the place was in good order as far as being neat, but I cannot say clean. The carpets are stained, the chairs in the living room are actually filthy and stained and partially broken. We put one of the extra bath towels over the top of the worst one so we could sit in it. There is actually quite a list of things that we made and gave to the owner upon our departure. We didn't contact him while we were there because we didn't want someone in our space during the short time we were there. The pictures make the place look wonderful, and the yard was great for our grandkids. But the hot tub was bad, we got in it twice, but the 2nd time we turned on the jets and all sorts of things, including hair, came floating to the surface. It was pretty gross. I would not stay there again, nor would I recommend it to anyone. Having said all this, the owner was apologetic and explained that he knew the carpets and furniture were stained, but that as of the end of this year, vacation rentals will not be allowed in the area anymore, and he didn't want to replace the items that needed to be replaced. I can understand that, but then the price should reflect the actual condition of the place. When looking at this rental, our family read a lot of the reviews, and since there were so many 5 star reviews, expected that the place would be as the pictures portrayed. In reality, it was like keeping this place presentable was an afterthought. I wish the vacation rental owners good luck with their lawsuit against the closure of this type of rentals, but it's no excuse for a dirty home with broken furniture and kitchen items. In fact, if you look at the picture of the stove in the kitchen, there is actually a hole in the face panel. It looks like just a reflection on the plastic, but it's actually a hole and it's peeled outward, and what is underneath is partially exposed. It appears that it's been that way for a good long while. So, to sum this up, no, I would not stay here again and no I would not recommend it. Very nice owner, just a bad rental.

We brought our children and their children up for a week and had a great time. The yard was perfect for the kids, ages 2 and 4, and they loved the swing set. The kitchen was also great to cook in and sit around and enjoy time with the family. Duggan was very responsive when we called him for a couple minor issues.

Absolutely wonderful location. It’s fun, private, and close to everything. The host is incredible... he even brought us a bag of ice when I couldn’t get the ice machine to work. Oh, and he got it to work too! Stay here and you won’t regret it.

We had a great family vacation. The house was amazing and the kids loved the backyard playground. We will definitely be back.

Love the view and the location, close by to many recreational places and land marks at Lake Tahoe. Nice for family getaways and adventure seekers.

great backyard & well-equipped kitchen

We had a wonderful stay. The house was large, the beds were comfortable, the kitchen was well stocked. Our grandchildren loved the backyard and the adults really enjoyed the hot tub. Definitely will be staying there again. Easy check in and the host stopped by to make sure that everything was okay. Definitely a five star rating.