Castle Estate in SW Portland with hot tubs, minutes from downtown Portland.

This is a bit of a mixed bag. I want to be fair though so I'll highlight both good and bad. Good: check-in, responsive hosts, well provisioned. The house is unique and full of character and memorable. The dinner table room is great for board game groups. Bad: Honestly I feel slightly scammed. The pictures in the listing make the place look more luxurious and spacious than in reality. The layout has lots of cheap, often broken furniture lining the walls. The listing says parking for 6. The reality is that it had reasonable space for 4-5 cars and 3 cars parked there full time from the people living in the second house. I feel like they hid that there is a second house with full time residents. The outdoor areas are entirely unmaintained. Dirty, and covered in cobwebs. There are two hot tubs but one was broken. Finally the worst part was that the bottom floor was full of messages that at best made us feel unwelcome and at worst felt openly hostile. There are quiet hours like every neighborhood but the signs are in every room saying that if you dare go outside after 10pm the neighbors will take pictures and call the cops and you will be fined 6,383. It is VERY strongly worded. You get the sense that the neighbors are whoever lives in the other unit on the property. We went out one night and came home to a drone hovering over the house. Maybe it wasn't the owners but it made us all concerned.

Highly recommend! We travel all over the world, and we were blown away by this castle. The house was immaculately clean. We had a large group of adults celebrating 50th birthdays, and everyone loved the house. There are many large bedrooms with tons of beds with fresh linens. The kitchen is enormous, with a large gas range, huge fridge, Keurig, pots and pans, plates, utensils, and wine glasses. There are 3 full bathrooms with hair dryers, and the house was stocked with hand soap, toilet paper, paper towels, many fluffy bath towels and extra blankets. The dining room table is very large, perfect for dinner and game nights. There is a pool table, foozball table, and many TVs. The outdoor space is perfect for a large group, featuring 2 hot tubs and 2 huge decks with large tables and a gas grill. We enjoyed sitting outside grilling steaks and drinking local wines from the area. It is very conveniently located, close to downtown Portland and many vineyards in the Williamette Valley. I loved the location, because we were also able to take short day trips to the Oregon coast, Mount St. Helens, and the Columbia River in Washington State. The hostess is lovely. She communicated with me promptly, and checking in was a breeze.

We all had an amazing time. The house is everything promised. Plenty of room and we all had a great time. The only negative is that the driveway is super steep. Thank you so much for a great vacation

The grandeur of this place was great, and some amenities were plentiful (e.g. towels, blankets). However, there is a lot of deferred maintenance required, we found only one hot tub worked, the sauna was not clean enough for us to want to turn on, the coffee maker and other kitchen appliances did not work. The biggest miss was the kitchen quality, few mugs, missing a can opener, and beat up cookware.

The building was very roomy and had plenty of things to help enjoy the house. However, there are a lot of single car roads in the neighborhood so get ready to put it in reverse, and the driveway is STEEP so consider what you'll be driving.

This is house is unique. Lots of space for a large family. Some quirks - bathroom on each floor, but no traditional master bath. Main one on middle floor we had five people sharing. Lots of drawers and cabinets in kitchen made it difficult to find things. Hot tub would have been fun but couldn't use it after 10 pm which was about the time we would have liked to use it. Our biggest complaint was the house was almost 90 degrees when we arrived. AC works but took a long time to cool house down and wasn't until the next day when it finally was comfortable. Also originally told check out was 11 am but not until we saw 10 am written on house rules did we realize they had changed the time. Would have been nice to have been notified of that change. Lastly parking is a bit dicey - steep driveway and shared with other house on property so we ended up parking on road. Location is nice and overall we enjoyed our stay but we felt house was a bit overpriced for what you get.

The house was very interesting. Plenty of bedrooms and gathering places. Good size kitchen and working tvs. There were a few problem though: No heat at all in the turret room Cold in the kitchen Oven and stove exhaust non functioning Burners broken Coffee maker inoperable Lack of glassware Can opener broken All these thing made our trip somewhat of a challenge

I booked this place for me and my groomsman to stay at during my wedding weekend. We had the most incredible time. The place is beautiful and it’s uniqueness is now central to so many wonderful life memories for me. It’s filled with fun amenities and ample bedrooms for all guests to be comfortable. The layout is great and there was a plethora of fun things to do. We especially enjoyed the hot tub and billiards table. Would love to stay at a place like this again someday.

The place was beautiful. A great place to stay with friends. Plenty of room for everyone to sleep, hang out, cook, and eat. A light or two didn't work but the manager fixed it the next day. One carpeted room was wet (I assume from cleaning up after the previous guests) and was difficult to use for a day or two. I had a bit of difficulty getting something I left at the house, but it was managed in the end. Fantastic view and a nice part of Portland for eating and exploring. Overall, I would love to stay there again if the need arises.

Was great for our extended family to spread out. However, there isn’t really a “lounge” area for gathering. The living room is taken up with the pool table. Totally fun, but didn’t work well for older family. High maintenance guests won’t want to share the bathrooms with so many potential beds filled. Also, not at all good for elderly or those with mobility issues. Exactly as advertised and we did have a blast.