We stayed at Bill’s property Feb 17-22 2020, ski week. Here is my summary for our stay.
The good: Bill is a great manager and super-fast communicator. Location of the house to Deer Valley you cannot beat: 3 min walk down a small slope and 4 min ride on a shuttle (they come often). Very quiet location. House is big enough to accommodate 4 people ( 2 aduts, 2 kids): 2 levels: kitchen, living upstairs, bedroom downstairs. Great jacuzzi outside and it works great.
The not-so good: house is dated: everything from furniture, to bathrooms, utensils, etc. Mattresses are very hard: kids on the scale from 1-10 are 10. Adult 8. We had to use 4 blankets to stay warm. Blankets, towels, sheets are all quite dated. Our biggest challenge were heaters downstairs in the bedrooms. With central heating system, no matter how much we tried, we could not get comfortable temps at night and morning using local heaters in bedrooms. It was either too hot, or too cold depending on when central would kick in.
The entire house is carpeted and there are at least 10 area rugs all over the place. The house was very dusty and my son (who has asthma) had to take antihistamines during our entire stay.
Check-in process: house check-in rule was 4pm. We arrived at 3 and cleaners just arrived. We left came back at 530 and they were still there until 6. House smelled terrible with chemicals: I mentioned to cleaners that they should use something that smells less strong.
While it’s true that the house has everything in the kitchen, many pots and pans are so old that I could not fry anything without my food sticking to the skillets.
My husband said, this is a true rental where the owner doesn’t stay in the house and thus everything is dates & not that nice. In places where owners stay themselves, things tend to be of better quality & condition. My price per night including everything was high given my experience. I realize that Deer Valley is expensive, even more expensive given high season of ski week. Nevertheless. The house could use some love with upgrades.
I know that this property has a lot of positive ratings. I wanted to share our honest experience so that for people who share the same things of importance with us know what to expect.