3500SF FAMILY HOME WITH VIEW, NEAR SQUAW VALLEY

Wow, what a great weekend we had at the Dill's home in Tahoe. We joined two other families and rented the house from Thursday through Monday. One of the highlights was that the house is almost exactly in between Tahoe City and Truckee which provides considerable options for shopping and entertainment.

The house is lovely although the layout was a bit confusing. Actually, people getting lost looking for their rooms at bedtime, makes for some pretty amusing stories to take home with you! We found the house a great meeting point for the families in the evening, but during the day, we were all action. The Truckee River is great for a half day float. People are extremely friendly and you can bring your cooler and spend several hours in the cool, clean water. Of course, the lake offers so many water related opportunities, it would be impossible to get bored!

We bar-b-qued outside one day and had a big family-style breakfast each morning. The common areas are open and accomodate 10 to eat at one time. Kevin was super easy to contact and get things set up. Everything is well organized and it makes for a very easy trip!

We will definitely rent again!

This beautiful house was perfect for our Memorial weekend getaway. The layout of this house could not have been better. The bedrooms are all on the second and third floors so after kids were in bed adults could stay up and have fun without bothering sleeping children. As other reviewers stated this house is just as amazing if not more beautiful then the pictures show. The kitchen was perfect for cooking for a good size group and the large kitchen table accommodated our party nicely. All weekend we kept feeling like we really got an amazing house for a really great price. We even saw a bear from the front window. Our kids could not stop talking about the fun game room and most of all - the bear. Kevin, the owner of the property, was great to work with and gave very helpful detailed instructions about the property prior to the trip. I am trying to think of a negative critique of this property and honestly I can not think of one. This is a great house with a perfect location!

Our family of ten adults and a well-behaved dog spent the week in August 2011 at this wonderful home. It is exactly as the pictures show -no trick angles or photoshopped pictures!!!

The great room was warm and inviting and the kitchen withits professional level applicances was a joy for all of us as we love to cook and we did plenty of it, including baking a a barbecue one night on the top-rated gas grill.

The home was spacious with four bedrooms and a shower in the master edroom that people wanted to take turns using (along with the radiant-heated bathroom floor in the master suite).

The location is ideal - quiet yet central - equally distant from Tahoe Cuty and the Lake and Truckee, a really nice nearby town. We found that shopping in Truckee was more reasonable and the selection of stores include an huge hardware store that has everything including fishing licenses and fishing equipment. The old section of the town is worth a visit as well. Turn right at the light on Rt 89 and follow the road into the village. Try the JAX Diner - it is a Food Network Stop and worth a visit.

We had a lot of fun in the family room and debated when we going to use the professional style card table but with so much to do. we never got around to it. The 'boys' really enjoyed the ping pong table.

There is much to do in the area and our group sampled a lot of it - fishing, rafting, swimming, a casino, hiking, and even a movie under the stars at Squaw Valley (free and just down the road). The house is a short drive through incredible vistas to Reno where there is always something happening - we lucked up a monster truck show, a roller derby and a demolition derby all for $15 at the Reno Livestock Events Center. There is more to do if you want but the house is also conducive to quiet times to relax. We enjoyed the ability to be together but also to have our own space. We cooked a lot of meals and appreciated the washer and dryer right there in the house as well as the dishwasher.

If you have any questions, the owner and his wife were incredibly responsive with direct and speedy answers. It was a pleasure dealing with them.

Truly, the olny thing we did not like was that we had to leave - it was great.