Snow Days & City Escapes: Spacious Ossining Home

Thank you so much for the wonderful review, Justeen! We’re thrilled to hear that your family had a great stay and that the home was a perfect fit for your trip with teens and tweens. It’s great to know you found the house clean, well-stocked, and comfortable, and that our hospitality helped make your getaway enjoyable. We truly appreciate you choosing our home as your base for exploring NYC and creating family memories together. We’d love to host you and your family again anytime your travels bring you back to the area! Safe travels and thank you again for your kind words! Best regards, Oscar

We're glad you found the home spacious, well kept, and in a nice location! As a hillside property, the home does have stairs and a longer driveway. The driveway is wide enough for two vehicles to park side by side and loops around, allowing guests to turn around before exiting rather than backing onto the road. The garage can accommodate a minivan or standard-sized SUV, though larger vehicles may not fit comfortably. We appreciate you sharing your experience and hope you enjoyed your stay overall.

We're so glad the house was a comfortable home base for your family during such a special trip celebrating your grandchildren's graduations. It's wonderful to hear the space worked well for a group of 11, and that your pup felt welcome too since we love being pet-friendly. Thank you for sharing this with us and for taking such good care of the home during your stay.

From the owner: "Thank you for the review! I really appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback. It was a pleasure hosting you, and I’m glad communication met your expectations. You’re always welcome back, and I hope to host you again in the future!"

From the owner: “Hi, Thank you so much for your kind review! We’re really glad to hear your family had a comfortable stay and that the game/TV room was a hit with the teens. We’re also happy the layout of the home worked well for your trip. It was a pleasure hosting you, and we truly appreciate your recommendation. You’re welcome back anytime! Safe travels, and thanks again!”

Hi Paul, Thank you so much for the kind words and recommendation! I’m thrilled to hear you enjoyed the house, especially the backyard and game room — and yes, the fireflies are such a magical summer touch! I’m glad the space and amenities made for a comfortable stay. You’re welcome back anytime! Warmly,

Hi Julia, Thank you so much for the wonderful review—it truly means a lot! I’m really glad you enjoyed the space (that “surprise” 5th bedroom gets a lot of people) and that everything felt clean and ready for your stay. I’m especially happy your chihuahua-mix was able to join the fun—we love hosting guests traveling with their pups. Great call on First Village Coffee too—that’s one of our favorites! And it sounds like the foosball table and hide-and-seek made for some great memories. You and your group were an absolute pleasure to host, and you’re always welcome back anytime. All the best, Oscar

From the Owner: "Thank you so much for staying with us for nearly a month — we truly appreciate it! We’re so glad you and Stanley enjoyed the house. You’re absolutely right that having a car is the best way to get around the neighborhood, and your note will be very helpful for future guests. It was a pleasure hosting you both, and we’d love to welcome you back anytime your travels bring you this way."

Hi Pam,Thank you so much for your kind words! I really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. I’m glad I could help make your stay smooth and enjoyable. I completely understand the confusion around the VRBO and Evolve booking process — it can definitely be unclear at times. I’ll be sure to pass along that feedback to help make things more transparent for future guests.It was a pleasure hosting you, and you’re always welcome back anytime!Warm regards,Oscar

From the owner:Hi Heidi, thank you for your feedback on your recent stay! We are thrilled you enjoyed the property. We'd like to take a moment to raise the concerns you mentioned. -We take great care in thoroughly cleaning our properties, but as you may know, spiders can form webs quite quickly—even within a few hours or overnight—especially in more natural environments. While we do our best to stay on top of this, we will make sure to pay even closer attention to this detail moving forward.-Regarding your suggestions about additional seating and TVs in the guest rooms, we appreciate your input and will certainly take it into consideration as we continually work to enhance the experience for our guests.Thanks again for choosing our home, and we hope to have the opportunity to host you again in the future!

From the Owner: "Hi Vanessa, thank you for taking the time to share your experience. I want to sincerely apologize for the condition of the property during your stay—it’s clear that we fell far short of the quality and comfort you expected and deserved.-Please know that we’ve taken your feedback very seriously. Since your visit, we have replaced both the host and the cleaning team responsible for the property to ensure a much higher standard moving forward. We’ve also addressed the issues you mentioned, including proper trash disposal, pest control, deep cleaning of the kitchen and bathrooms, and refreshing amenities like shower curtains and supplies.-We understand how disappointing this experience must have been—especially as you were hosting guests and looking forward to a relaxing home environment. I truly regret that we weren’t able to provide that for you.-We appreciate your honesty and hope you’ll consider giving us another chance in the future. Your feedback has been instrumental in helping"

Thank you for staying with us. We’re sorry that your experience did not meet your expectations. During your stay, we were actively communicating with you regarding the air conditioning and worked to provide solutions and alternatives while the area was experiencing an extreme heatwave. We understand that the unusually high temperatures and resulting discomfort affected your experience, and we regret that. We appreciate your feedback and will continue working to ensure our guests have a comfortable stay. Our A/C was working fine, but the area was experiencing an extreme heat wave, which wasn’t working properly to keep up with the heat.