About Vladimir

Why Vladimir chose Truckee

What makes this house unique

Guestbook comments from the manager

We held a one-year memorial “angelversary” for my teenage son at this fantastic retreat. We had friends and family join us for several days leading up to a big barbeque on the 4th of July. It was the perfect location for us to get together and share laughs and memories, as well as a few tears.



When looking on-line, the pictures made it appear as if the house was secluded, so I was a bit surprised when my GPS led me through a residential neighborhood. I almost missed the driveway. The long driveway leads you to the house that sits a good distance from the road, which does in fact make it feel like you are secluded. The house is breath taking as soon as you pull up. The long driveway is excellent for parking and you can even park three cars in the oversized garage. We left the big open area of the driveway in front of the house empty. There, we set up a corn hole game, a yard ladder game and a washers game. The kids were also able to play basketball with the portable hoop provided. We also set up a horseshoe are in the dirt alongside the basketball area. We brought a lot of camp chairs that we sat around the driveway and spent much time there, playing games and chatting, while enjoying the forest around us.



The house was exceptionally clean and well stocked. We did bring extra casserole dishes, cookie sheets, crock pots and some large pots because we knew we were going to be cooking for a large group, and we are glad we did. There are plenty of dishes, glasses and silverware, although we preferred to use paper and plastic for easy clean up. We brought up our own spices (based on another review). I wish we would have brought measuring cups and spoons because we couldn’t find any of those and had to wing it. The professional grade coffee maker was a huge hit. The fridge seemed a little small for a house that sleeps so many people and we had to resort to using coolers with ice to store our extra food. An extra fridge in the garage would have been appreciated.



The sleeping accommodations were wonderful. I’ve never seen a house that could sleep so many people in actual beds and in comfortable beds at that. The pull-out beds mentioned are not sofa sleepers, but rather full sized trundle beds that slide out from under the bunk beds in the upstairs loft. With 3 full-sized bunk beds and the trundles, that loft can sleep 18 people alone! With all the other beds in the home, 36 people can sleep in beds. Amazing.

Jun 2016

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