Expansive Lake View Home1 mile from the Village w/ Hot tub & Game Rm VRR20250487

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This was my second time renting this property because the first time it was so great. The house itself is nice, spacious, has a fenced yard, and good location. However, this time the hot tub was VERY dirty and there were beer cans around the yard when we arrived. We are not people to usually leave a review so we contacted the owner to let them know directly(with photos) and they never got back to us.

I’ll start by saying the last review is completely inaccurate! This is a beautiful home and Bill is great to work with. We’ve rented homes all over Big Bear and this was by far our favorite neighborhood. It’s absolutely gorgeous and the lake (plus a dog park, baseball field, and playground) is just a short walk away. The game room was a hit with our two sons and we all loved the jacuzzi. The fully fenced in backyard was great for our dog who loved lounging in the sun, running around and chasing the squirrels. The master bedroom and bathroom were nicely updated and all of the bedrooms were well appointed and had comfortable beds. The kitchen contains everything you could possibly need and everything was in working order. The large dining table is perfect for big families or groups and there is plenty of seating between the two living rooms. For full disclosure’s sake, there seemed to be a sewage issue which caused the restroom on the bottom floor to stop working partway through our trip but the owner was very apologetic and communicative, and I'm sure it's been resolved. All in all, this was a great home and we would absolutely stay there again.

STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS RENTAL NIGHTMARE. The rental personnel arrived 20 minutes late (after scheduled 4p check in time). The entire house was absolutely filthy, carpets had food crumbs, table tops/ counters were dirty with food & drink spills. The powder bathroom toilet was flooded upon arrival. I spent 2.5 hrs cleaning the house before my family was able to enter. The game room equipment was a huge disaster all items are non-functional. Not a single item was in working condition: missing pucks, missing balls, giant holes in air hockey and pool table, broken pool sticks. Not to mention popped balloons and confetti throughout the interior and exterior of house. The toy closet was disgusting, it had used Q-tip swabs, broken wood trim with sharp rusted tacks and a used metal nail file. They had a sign: MUST FOLLOW THE RULES ONLY PLAY WITH ONE ITEM/ GAME AT A TIME, NO PARTIES. Yet the house was littered with party trash. The entire house had a two page DO NOT DO THIS- NOT ALLOWED signs posted everywhere and had cameras on the property, so there was no privacy. They could watch you and your family throughout your stay. I emailed the property owners right away with pictures about the poor conditions and they simply stated sorry, we are on vacation, sorry your unsatisfied. Since this is a non-refundable rental we had no choice but to stay. I then emailed a second time upon check out, with pictures of how clean and tidy we left the property asking for a refund of the cleaning fee, since the house was unacceptably filthy upon our arrival. They make you strip all the bedding/ bath linens and wash them or they charge you. It was quite obvious there is no cleaning services, they have the renters do it and pay for it. We finally got a reply we are away on a business trip, and will get back to you later in the week. We yet to hear back... If I could post the pictures of what the house really looks like, I would. These are careless owners out to make a buck, stay away from this property.

The listing is accurate and the owner was responsive to our needs. We loved everything and would recommend this rental to our friends and family!

This place was perfect in every way. It is big - lots of space. We used the game room and hot tub every night. The bedrooms and bathrooms were remodeled with a cabin decor and it was luxurious - so much attention to detail. Another plus was the furniture in the living and family rooms - so comfy. It was cozy just sinking in and relaxing. It was our first trip to Big Bear Lake and we hiked and did some skiing. We are now thinking a summer trip might be good. Thank you for such a wonderful experience.

Everything was perfect from beginning to end, the host where easily accessible, the home was beautiful and very cozy.

This home had everything we needed. Loved that we could spread out and not be on top of each other. The game room was amazing. The kitchen is old school but had all the gadgets. The beds were super comfortable. Being short I had a hard time climbing into the master bed. The backyard was wonderful and I look forward to coming back in the summer. Communication with the owner was spot-on. Thank you for our stay!

Such a beautiful home will definitely be back for next time.

We really enjoyed our stay in Big Bear, and having a home a way from home was great! This home has lot’s of things to enjoy: pool table, foosball, air hockey (though the top was a little cracked and the air didn’t work great, but we still had fun with it), jacuzzi (clean and comfortable), comfortable furniture in the living areas, large screen TV’s with Netflix, Hulu, etc for movies and shows. The landlord was great at responding to my questions, and seemed very nice. The only reasons I don’t give it 5 stars is: we found some of the beds to be very hard (the master king was comfy, but the beds in the other rooms were too hard, maybe mattress toppers would help), the rock flooring in the bathrooms was very painful to walk on without shoes (looked nice though), and we had to take our own trash to the trash center (with a full car at check out, it was a tight squeeze to fit the bag of trash & recycling too).

Nice house, alot of room. Back yard needs to be fixed , loose brick, concrete, but good size. we would stay there again