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Historic Downtown Location │Heart of Bend │Walk Everywhere │Hot Tub │High Demand

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The Autumn Cottage
Private hot tub in fully fenced back yard
Lovely blend of century old architecture with modern amenities
Comfortable and bright living area
Flat screen Smart TV

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
2 bedrooms1 bathroomSleeps 479 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Air conditioning
  • Dryer
  • Outdoor space
  • Washer

Explore the area

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Bend, OR
  • Downtown Bend Business Association
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Old Mill District
    ‪12 min walk‬
  • Hayden Homes Amphitheater
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Sunriver, OR (SUO)
    ‪30 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 4)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

1 bathroom

Bathroom 1

Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet · Shampoo · Hair dryer

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Historic Downtown Location │Heart of Bend │Walk Everywhere │Hot Tub │High Demand

Note: DEEP DISCOUNTS right now as hot tub is not available Dec. 20 - Jan. 4

This amazing little downtown cottage provides all the comforts of home with the freedoms of vacationing. You cannot find a better location than The Autumn Cottage! It is located on a quiet little street, yet it is just one block from the historic downtown area. It has been lovingly designed to offer guests the full flavor of Bend, with many modern amenities paired with classic charm to make your Bend visit exceptional.

This home features:

● Two private bedrooms, one private bathroom
● First bedroom has a king bed and ductless AC/heating system for comfort
● Second bedroom has a queen bed and ductless AC/heating system for comfort
● Full sized bathroom with tub/shower combination, blow dryer
● Fully equipped kitchen with everything you need for cooking at home
● Coffee bar with whole bean coffee, grinder, sugar, non-dairy creamer, tea
● Living room with flat screen Smart TV and third ductless AC/heating unit
● 1950's style bar cabinet in living room, ready for entertaining
● Desk / workspace in the living room for working on the road
● Free high speed wireless internet
● Washer and dryer
● Private hot tub
● Fully fenced backyard with grassy lawn and dining table under a pergola
● Outdoor propane BBQ (seasonal, Memorial Day - Labor Day)
● Two cruiser bikes (seasonal, Memorial Day - Labor Day)

As an added bonus, The Autumn Cottage is just a short one block stroll into the historic downtown with fine dining, galleries, brew pubs, shops, and the Deschutes River. You can walk to it all....or ride one of the two vintage bikes we have for your use during the summer season. The basket holds a growler of local brew or a loaf of fresh baked French bread just perfectly!

This is a private, standalone house exclusively for guest use. The house, grounds, hot tub, and parking area are unshared. We have complete contactless check-in for the convenience and safety of our guests. The garage shown in photos is not for guest use.

All towels, linens and bedding are included. We also leave guests a small amount of starter supplies including: toilet paper, paper towels, dish and laundry soaps, hand soaps, bath soap, shampoo, and coffee bar items mentioned above. We also provide blow dryers, iron and ironing board. Please plan accordingly to bring anything else you may wish to have with you on your trip.

Note: Guests who book this home will be required to sign an auxiliary rental packet with specific rules and information included, such as neighborhood quiet hours, check in and out time restrictions, and non-smoking policies. If you are traveling with a pet, you will also need to sign a copy of our pet rules.

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**Our cancellation policies that you agree to at the time of booking are in effect even during a pandemic, winter travel season, summer wildfire season, etc. We highly recommend researching and purchasing third party Cancel for Any Reason (CFAR) trip insurance for any unforeseen circumstances that may arise that may require you to cancel or postpone your reservation, especially those related to COVID-19 closures and restrictions.

Property manager

Erin Woods
Premier Host

Languages

English

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Amenities

Hot tub
Kitchen
Washer
Dryer
Pet-friendly
Free WiFi

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
We love kids!
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed: dogs (limit 2 total)
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Long-term renters welcome
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a deadlock

We should mention

A car is recommended for transport to and from this property

About the area

Bend

Located in Bend, this cottage is in the city centre. Hayden Homes Amphitheater and Des Chutes Historical Museum are cultural highlights, and some of the area's attractions include Sun Mountain Fun Center and Bend Rock Gym. High Desert Museum and Petersen Rock Garden are also worth visiting. Make sure you get close to the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.
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Bend, OR

What's nearby

  • Downtown Bend Business Association - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Drake Park - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Old Mill District - 12 min walk - 1.1 km
  • Hayden Homes Amphitheater - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Deschutes Brewery - 16 min walk - 1.4 km

Getting around

  • Sunriver Station - 23 min drive
  • Redmond, OR (RDM-Robert's Field) - 23 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Commons Cafe and Taproom - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪McMenamins Pub at Old St Francis School - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪The Lemon Tree - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪J Dub - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪D & D Bar & Grill - ‬6 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is Historic Downtown Location │Heart of Bend │Walk Everywhere │Hot Tub │High Demand pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total).

What time is check-in at Historic Downtown Location │Heart of Bend │Walk Everywhere │Hot Tub │High Demand?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Historic Downtown Location │Heart of Bend │Walk Everywhere │Hot Tub │High Demand?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Historic Downtown Location │Heart of Bend │Walk Everywhere │Hot Tub │High Demand located?

Located in Old Bend, this cottage is within a 10-minute walk of Des Chutes Historical Museum and Old Mill District. Tower Theater and Drake Park are also within 10 minutes.

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

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Rating 10 - Excellent. 52 out of 67 reviews
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Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 67 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

8.8/10

Location

9.6/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Trish B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

2nd time a charm!

Love this historical home! The location is awesome! Very clean, comfortable bed, we only use one bedroom. The fenced yard is great for our pups! We haven’t had a chance to use the hot tub, but what an extra amenity! Thank you and hope to be back soon!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joshua C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great house

Great location and cute house. Comfy beds. Would definitely stay again
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location in the heart of Bend

This adorable house is ideally located between downtown and the Old Mill District, within easy walking distance of both. Best of all, they allowed us to bring our dog, and the house is right across the street from a dog park - we could not have asked for more! The house was immaculate and the hot tub was a plus. We will be back.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Trish B., Dayton, Oregon

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect getaway

Cute cottage. Plenty of room, super clean, very well stocked and pet friendly! Walking distance to restaurants and dog park. Hot tub available but didn’t have a chance to use it. Erin was a charm to work with. Thank you for a lovely stay in your beautiful home!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Michael T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place to stay-Excellent Cottage

Had a great long weekend with wife and Dog. We lived in Bend for 5 years so it was great to return. The house is fantastic with alot of attention detail. The set up was accomodating for work from home as well. We would stay here again. To be clear, there are homeless people living out of there cars or sleeping on sidewalk across the street. We live in downtown Seattle so it's nothing we havent seen before and overall we never felt in danger.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marta M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

GREAT!

Loved the house! It was perfect. Very close to everything and we love to walk. I highly recommend this place. The property manager,Erin, was fantastic. (I left something behind and she mailed it to me.) Can’t wait to go back.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Catherine B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great dog friendly - 2 blocks to Old Bend downtown

Seamless process. Very well done cottage with hot tub and fully fenced yard. Nice furnishing. Small dog park across the street. Walk to all of Bends best restaurants and Drake park.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tom H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Weekend at Bend

Good time
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tim O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place for Bend!

Had 3 of us in this house for a snowboarding trip. Location was great. Quick and easy 25 minute drive to the mountain and we were able to walk <10 minutes to downtown for food and night life after the mountain. Great place for a solid weekend in Bend. Hot tub was awesome!
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Todd M., Portland, OR

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Little House

We've stayed at this property multiple times and it is one of our favorites. It is very well-appointed, comfortable, the location is fantastic, and the hot tub is always popular. We'll be back for sure!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Kimberly C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very walkable to downtown - very present houseless challenges

This property is super cute and exactly as described. It's well-appointed and comfortable. We loved walking to downtown Bend - everything is so close! We had an issue with check-in (key code we were sent didn't work), but the property manager responded immediately to get us set up. Appreciated quick communication. Everything within the owner's control is great. Free coffee was a nice touch! As others have mentioned, there is a serious houseless population challenge at this location we didn't really appreciate until we showed up. The house is on a corner, and for each of the four nights we were there, we saw 8-12 different homeless folks either in parked cars or in tents on both streets surrounding the house. We saw lots of overt drinking and drug use, and we could hear shouting at all hours. It made us feel a bit nervous about our cars in the driveway, but we had no issues. We've stayed in downtown Bend in a number of different VRBOs within a mile of this location, and this is the only place we've ever seen this issue so prevalently, maybe because of the park nearby? I feel bad for the owner of the property given this is not in their control, but if you have small children or feel uncomfortable with visible homelessness, this is not the right VRBO for you.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Andrea H., San Diego, CA USA

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Clean, cute and cozy...

Autumn Cottage was a sight for sore eyes after a long car ride and camping. It was very clean, stocked and organized. The bed and furniture were comfortable. We were in biking distance to all that Bend has to offer which was great.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Jean Ann V.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy
Disliked: Location

Pros and cons!

Very clean, nice home right in the downtown area close to everything that us well-appointed. The negative was the homeless encampment directly across the street.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Courtney K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in
Disliked: Location

Cute little house but had problems

The house was cute, clean and located close to town. Unfortunately, the amount of homeless activity/camps right outside on the sidewalk was worrisome. We ended up leaving the property and moving to a new home we felt safer for our child to be in.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Carissa T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cute cottage in great location

We really enjoyed the location of the cottage and the layout of the home. The backyard is very cute and comfortable. All amenities covered! My only negative is ants in the kitchen by the sink.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

great location!

The Autumn Cottage was a comfortable house in a great location -- easy to walk to all the downtown Bend attractions! The house was very clean (although the kitchen was missing a sponge).
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

6/10 Okay

Emily C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Cute cottage in need of electrical work

The cottage is super cute and great for a weekend but not a week (in my opinion). My family of three stayed in this cottage for a week during the summer. The window AC unit is located in the living room so unless your bedroom door is open its very hot. The electrical box needs updated. The AC unit and hair drier can not be run at the same time without blowing a fuse. Although the property manager was prompt in addressing this issue it happened multiple times during our stay. Storage is an issue. Neither of the bedrooms have closets making it difficult to store items, we ended up putting our suitcases outside in the back yard. The location to old town Bend is great. Easy walking distance to Drake park and restaurants. The one downside is the church next door does a weekly community outreach for the homeless population. We were harassed on multiple occasions when we walked into town. For three days during our stay homeless camps gathered in front and sides of the house. The window blinds had to be completely closed in order to have privacy during that time. The backyard is cute however the property manager needs to leaf blow ahead of guest check in because spiderwebs dominated the sitting area.
Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

McKittrick S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great house

Great experience all the way around and house was nice, clean and well-located. Property management was super responsive and made everything easy.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Melanie W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect location and cozy

What a cute and cozy place! The fireplace heater and jacuzzi made this cottage feel so homey. It was a short walk for anywhere you wanted to go. And it was so nice to soak in the jacuzzi after a long day. It was very clean and tidy. Would definitely recommend this stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Jessica W., Orangevale

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location for activities

There were a few small things that could have been better, but overall this rental was good and the location was great for walking to the Old Mill district, breweries, coffee shops, restaurants, and Mirror Pound. The backyard space was also nice for our dogs to play around and enjoy the cool/colder afternoon / evenings we spent outside enjoying local food and beer.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

Joy G.

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, listing accuracy

A little disappointed for price charged…

For a one night stay I felt the cleaning fee was very high and didn’t understand the service fee on top of it. Very expensive all in all. Also the fan switch in the bathroom is broken and we couldn’t get it to turn off so it ran constantly. And there were several homeless tents and an rv with someone living in it across the street…we were uncomfortable walking downtown for dinner.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Laura M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

McMillan stay- was great!

The property is so quaint and so well kept! The location is also a great spot! Hope to return!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2021

10/10 Excellent

Catherine L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cozy and in a great location!

This was a great stay for our group of three friends and two dogs. We loved soaking in the hot tub after a day of skiing and the dogs loved running around the fenced backyard. It was very clean, cozy, and in a walkable location.

10/10 Excellent

Skip A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

"Perfect little home"

Prefect location!!, walk to downtown or walk to old mill district. Great little neighborhood everything is near by. Hot tub was wonderful! We will return!
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Mindy R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

BEAUTIFUL home, perfect location in Old Bend

What a GEM this place is... perfect Old Bend location, we could WALK to everything, quaint neighborhood, quiet and safe. Meticulously clean and Covid19 standards. The house is decorated with hometown Bend ‘feel’, hardwood floors, fireplace and a hot tub under the stars. The home is stocked with everything we needed and the beds were super comfy. We loved walking along the Deschutes River path, watching the river surfers (that was something new to me) and enjoying a unique drink of cider. The shopping closeby has many stores for clothes, sports and restaurants (if it wasnt quarantine, they would be open☹️ Hopefully soon. The homes owner,Erin, was quick to respond to our questions and super accommodating to everything we needed. This home was just what my daughter and I needed to relax and explore Bend. Thank you Erin for opening your treasured home to us. I’ll be back and bring my husband!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2020

About the host

Hosted by Erin Woods

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My husband and I have been managing and renting vacation homes here in our hometown of Bend, Oregon for over 17 years with our business, Home Spun LLC, and we love what we do! All the vacation homes in our Home Spun LLC exclusive collection provide distinctive alternatives to traditional lodging in Central Oregon. Our places provide a one-of-a-kind experience by offering amazing downtown locations, top of the line amenities, and personal service. We are picky about which homes we represent. Each home has been handpicked so our guests can experience an inviting and unique vacation with privacy, scenic surroundings, recreational opportunities just moments away, and the amazing city of Bend at your feet.

Why they chose this property

All of the vacation homes we manage are located in the Galveston Avenue District or Historic Downtown Bend area. We love that our guests can park their car and explore all the best parts of our city on foot or by bike, getting a real chance to fall in love with our sweet little city.

What makes this property unique

This house is over 100 years old and we love the historic features and feel of it, paired with modern amenities. My favorite things in this house are the historic photos that adorn the walls in black and white, showing what old Bend looked like when this house was built, what people did, how our town lived. It is like looking back in time and you can feel the history of this home just by being in it. It feels real.

Languages:

English

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They consistently provide great experiences for their guests