Beach Lake estate rental - The Hill Top Mansion
The Hill Top Mansion
 
Beach Lake estate rental - The Hill Top Mansion

The Hill Top Mansion

Private Pool with underwater lights (no swing set)

Private Pool with underwater lights (no swing set)

Lots of room in the private yard

Lots of room in the private yard

Pavillion

Pavillion

Pool from the finished basement

Pool from the finished basement

Relax in the jetted hot tub

Relax in the jetted hot tub

Kitchen #2

Kitchen #2

Bar area and billards table also fireplace

Bar area and billards table also fireplace

Huge jetted hot tub.

Huge jetted hot tub.

13

13

14

14

Bedroom

Bedroom

Wood fireplace

Wood fireplace

Helicopter back view of the Mansion

Helicopter back view of the Mansion

Helicopter front view of the mansion

Helicopter front view of the mansion

6 person hot tub

6 person hot tub

21

21

Awesome wild life

Awesome wild life

Bedroom has private balcony over looking pool

Bedroom has private balcony over looking pool

Dining room

Dining room

Sitting room

Sitting room

Great room

Great room

27

27

kitchen #1

kitchen #1

  • Bedrooms8
  • Sleeps18
  • 4 Bathrooms
  • 1 Half Bath
 

Photos and Description of the Beach Lake vacation estate rental
8 bedrooms,4 baths, pool, billard room, indoor 6 person jacuzzi 2 full kitchens

The Majestic Hill Top Mansion has bedding for 18 but can sleep many more. For a great summer vacation come visit the The Hill Top Mansion in The Pocono’s. The house is located on a private road that has beautiful country views. There are lots of near by activities such as awesome white water rafting on the Delaware River only minutes away. Golfing at Woodloch Springs, rated in the top 10 golf courses in the country by Golf Digest only 10 minutes away. Visit Beach Lake water park, again only 10 minutes away, great park for the little ones. This park has water slides, bumper boats, Indy cars you drive, arcade games and splash pools. Up for a challenge try your game by hunting your opponents with paint ball (lots of fun). You can also go Para Sailing, jet skiing and boat tours on Lake Wallenpaupack a 17,000 acre lake only 20 minutes away. The lake also has many great places to eat, from ice cream treats to steaks and seafood. Feel like going for the gold? Try your luck at The Spectacular Mount Airy Lodge Casino. If you need to slow it down a bit try some local horseback riding or dining by the lake. If you don’t want to travel after arriving at the Mansion, no need to worry there are plenty of things to do right at The Mansion. Outside the house in the very private yard there is a large covered pavilion to entertain your friends and family. There is a fire pit where you can sit around tell your favorite ghost stories, roast some hot dogs and make some toasty marshmallow treats or just enjoy the peace and quietness of the mountains. The large “L” shaped in ground pool has a 3 foot shallow end and a 8 foot deep end with a diving board. In the yard there is a black top basket ball court and a horse shoe pit. Inside the house work out in the gym, play pool in the billiards room, watch movies on the big 60 inch plasma TV, sit on the balconies that over look the mountains, or sit and relax in the 102 degree 6 person hot tub. Also each master suite has its own private jetted Jacuzzi tub. The Hill Top Mansion has it all! Do you like cooking? This house has not 1 huge kitchen but 2 huge kitchens. You can cook up your favorite meals with plenty of room for all your friends and family. Property is on private road but yet only 15 minutes from a few large retail stores and only 3 miles from small deli and local super market for any supplies and food you may need. Plan your fun filled vacation this year @ The Majestic Hilltop Mansion!!!! PLease CLICK ONTO THE MORE DETAILS BUTTON to see more important information!!

Other near by fun places to visit. (some of these parks are up to 2 hours away, but great spots to go if your staying for a few days or more) If you got the time don’t miss out on going to Hershey Park! This is a must do, you will not be disappointed. The roller coasters are big and fast, the Boardwalk water park is amazing, its full of attractions for the little ones and its one of the cleanest, nicest parks I have ever seen. Plus you can see how they make the Great American chocolate bar and all the Hershey candy at Chocolate World located right there at the park. You can also go to Konobles Amusement Park which was rated best amusement park food in the entire country or visit Dorney Park another great roller coaster park. If you want to see some of the best nature views in the Pocono’s visit Bushkill Falls 'The Niagara of PA' Here you will find beautiful trails you can hike with views of the falls, places to eat, miniature golf, gold mining for the kids and lots of other fun filled activities.

Some very important misc. notes: Please do not bring any kind of DJ music equipment to this house. You will be asked to leave if there is excessively loud music playing and no refund will be issued! This house is not for you to run wild and cause damage to the house if you plan on doing that please do not rent this house! If you are looking for a perfect house do not rent this house! This is a rental house and we do our best to keep it as nice as possible. If you are going to come here and knit pick every tiny little detail please do not rent this house! We are constantly re-painting and repairing the house and its a beautiful place to stay but do not expect something brand new!!!!! All floors are cleaned with a no rinse cleaner, the reason for this is it leaves a nice clean fresh sent and the floors are not slippery. We have had guests complain because they say the floors are to slippery and have fallen. So now this no rinse formula leaves a stickiness to it and gives the floors extra traction. So if you do not like sticky floors please do not rent this house! Please keep in mind this house is in the country!!!!! Its a huge house in the mountains. When you are staying there and if you leave the doors and windows open like most guests do, expect to have flying insects flying in. You may even see a mouse! If you are afraid of possibly seeing a mouse, please do not rent this house! Again we do our very best but we cannot control guests who leave doors and windows open all day long. I think that is rude to do because it is not their house and its extremely costly to do with all the A/C's and heat running. If you are a clean 'freak' please do not rent this house! This is an extremely large house and its a rental!!!!! We have many, many, many, guests who absolutely love to stay and return every year. Our website keeps track of how many people who are interested in staying and as of 6/1/12 we are at 50,000. This is a great place to stay but please do not rent this house if you are looking for some thing perfectly clean and all furnishing new. If you want that go some place else please! You are more then welcome to come and view the house prior to your booking, in fact I recommend that. We will not issue refund because there is something you do not like! There is no guarantee that every single item in house will be working. There is no refund of any kind if something is not working! Again we do our best to keep everything up and running but sometimes things are beyond our control. If something does break or go wrong we have a 24 hour 7 days a week phone # you can call and some one will come over to see if the problem can be solved. Again its a great place to come and have fun and visit all of the nearby attractions but I cannot stress enough this is a rental property do not expect everything perfect. There are no refunds because there is something you do not like!!!!!!! Also if something is not the same as the photos or description on the advertising site there is no refund. We have the right to change items in our home at any given time. Its a shame we get a few guests who will try anything to get money back so this is why I’m telling you all of this information. If you want to be sure ask questions, I will be happy to spend as much time as needed on the phone or in person to answer any question you may have. I'm probably the only one on the Homeway.com web site who is telling you this type of information as others will try and hide these facts. Another note to mention. 2 of the 8 bedrooms have a common walk way through them. You can shut doors to these rooms but if you want to travel from one end of the house to the other you will have to walk through these 2 bedrooms. They used to be attached garages which we have now turned into 2 bedrooms. I would call them more of an sleeping area rather then a bedroom due to the fact you have a common walkway. Although the doors can be shut and then some one can knock before entering. Again please if you have any questions please call me.

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14 Reviews of Property 385702 in Beach Lake, Pennsylvania

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5

Great Weekend

5 of 5
Submitted: February 26, 2013 Stayed: February 2013
We had 6 families (12 adults, 13 kids) stay at this house over the weekend, and had plenty of room for everyone. Someone met us there when we got there and gave us a tour. Any question I had, Tom immediately responded. The group party discussed how great it would be to rent in again in the summer to take advantage of the amazing backyard. I would 100% rent this property again!
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5

Adult Weekend Getaway

5 of 5
Submitted: February 17, 2013 Stayed: February 2013
We had an adult weekend getaway with 19 people and fit comfortably in the Mansion. There was plenty of sleeping space, living space, and the tv, hot tub, and pool table kept everyone busy. We had a foot of snow during our stay and the driveway and street were professionally cleared before we knew it. All in all, we had a care free and very enjoyable weekend. We all talked about scheduling a trip for next year and in the spring because we enjoyed the mansion so much. Thanks for everything.
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5

3 day getaway with friends and children

5 of 5
Submitted: February 6, 2013 Stayed: February 2013
This was an awesome weekend getaway. House was perfectly accommodating for our very large group. Everything was just as described. Very large house.

The owner, Tom, was extremely helpful. He knew we were coming up for R&R and to watch the Superbowl Sunday evening. He surprised us by installing HiDef on the large screen for us prior to our visit. The grand room with the large plasma couldn't have worked out better for us.

The house is located on a very large private lot. Though you feel like you're in a remote area, we were very close to both very cool towns, Honesdale (15 min) and Narrowsburg, NY (7 min). Skiing at Big Bear was 25 min away.

Unfortunately the weather was frigid cold so we couldn't take advantage of the pool, etc in the backyard. Looks pretty awesome so we plan to come back in the warmer months.

I highly recommend this property, especially if you have a larger party. A+ owner to deal with.

Michael (Yardley, PA)
Helpful votes: 1/1
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5

Great house for a large group, family friendly

5 of 5
Submitted: February 2, 2013 Stayed: January 2013
The Hill Top Mansion suited us very well and we were very pleased. We arrived at night and it was easy to find with GPS - my navigation brought us right there with no issues.
We have rented houses for a large group in the Poconos every winter for a long weekend of skiing. When you are renting a house for a large group, it's important to keep in mind that you are not likely renting the owner's 'vacation' home - your likely renting an inestment property that is strictly a rental
Check in and check out went very smoothly, the house was clean and as advertised. The owner was very specific in his detail of the house. I read it and fully understood that the layout of the house would include two 'walk through' bedrooms. Tom's assistant lives nearby and Tom was very responsive to questions I had.
When you enter the house, there is a large familly room with a TV, multiple couches and fireplace. The kids spent a lot of time in there at night watching movies after skiing. The sound system was incredible - it was like being in a movie theatre.There's a large dining room off of the kitchen and the primary kitchen has a seating area off of it. There are three upstairs bedrooms on this side and a first floor bedroom off of the dining room area.
The basement has a TV and pool table and the kids also spent a lot of time there. We had a big group so the kids usually split their time between the basement or the first family room.
The two walk through bedrooms were plenty warm, that was a concern for me for the people that stayed there. In fact, no one complained about being cold that weekend and it was probably one of the coldest weekends of the winter so far.
You walk through the two converted bedrooms to get to the second house: two bedrooms, one large bathroom, living room and kitchen. Plenty of space for our group and we spread out through the entire house.
We skied at Elk Mountain which was over an hour away, Snow tubed at Sno (over an hour away) and skied at Big Bear (half an hour). Elk has been my favorite Poconos ski resort but Big Bear was by far the best for families with small children (under 10). Tons of shopping, groceries, and restaurants nearby the this house.
When we left we were already talking about skiing at Big Bear and renting the Hill Top Mansion next year. The value was great - unbeatable after renting homes for this purpose for the last 10 years.
Helpful votes: 1/1
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5

Great Getaway

5 of 5
Submitted: February 1, 2013 Stayed: January 2013
We stayed there for our birthday skiing weekend in January and had a great time. The house had enough bedroom space to accommodate 20 adults! The only problem was that the only nearby ski resort was much too small.. I feel as though the summertime would be a much greater experience as they have a pool, pavilion, basketball court and a large property.
Owner's Response: Thank you for chosing The Hill Top Mansion! We would love to have you back in the summer. If returning again to ski, here are some other ski resorts to enjoy.

Ski Big Bear 15.8 miles away
Elk Mountain 27.2 miles away
Holiday Mountian 33.2 miles away
Sno Mountain 35.7 milies away

If you want to go about an hour you can visit 3 more great locations....Camelback, Shawnee and Jack Frost
Helpful votes: 1/1
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5

Nice place for large group getaway

5 of 5
Submitted: January 6, 2013 Stayed: December 2012
We had a large group who wanted to spend quality time together during the christmas weekend. Given that it was christmas weekend, we knew there wouldn't be much activities outside, so we wanted to select a place where we enjoy the property and time together and this one fit the needs perfectly.
It had everything that we had hoped for. It had spacious bedrooms so we could easily accommodate every family's needs, except one family who had to live in the garage converted bedroom. We had overlooked that fact. But since other rooms was spacious we were able to adjust our needs.
It had large dining area with a formal dining table and long bench where all of us could easily eat together at same time. The family area was the place where we spent most of our time as it was warm enough with the fireplace with large sofa and sitting space. The main kitchen had all the utensils and general needs stuff. We only carried the disposables and the food and had good time cooking.
There's also an adjoining house, connected through garage bedrooms, which is a house in itself, with two bedrooms, kitchen, bath and living room. We only used that side for bedrooms, since we wanted to spend time together in the main house. The main house also had large carpeted basement with pooltable and dartboards and bar area where we spent considerable time together. Given that it is such a large basement, I'm sure owner could add couple of kids games too (like foosball, airhockey etc) to have an increased value and also would help to keep kids busy. Also, not to be missed was the 8 person hot tub in the basement which was another fun activity area for us. I'm not sure why there is no shower in the basement, given that it has hot tub, but we managed well.
The property also had large swimming pool and basketball court outside, but since it was winter, we couldn't get to use it.
I think we would come back in summer to enjoy the outdoor portion of this house too. Overall very much satisfied with the stay and would recommend to others.
Owner's Response: Thank you for Choosing The Hill Top Mansion!!! Hope to see you in the summer.
Helpful votes: 3/4
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1

What a dump

1 of 5
Submitted: December 28, 2012 Stayed: December 2012
Uninhabitable. The house reeks, is dirty and completely un maintained, stairs are missing railings, TV remote is missing, carpets are moldy and frayed, details are unfinished throughout. STAY AWAY FROM THIS PIT. It is not as advertised.
Owner's Response: Reviews are suppose to be helpful to other guests that may be considering to stay. Its very unfortunate that you come across people who will try to vindictively deceive future guests in exchange for money back from their stay. While we completely apologized to this person that the guest who just check out lost our TV remote and there was nothing we could do in a 4 hour time frame he became very irate, angry and didn’t want to hear anything about what we could do to help him. While he was throwing this huge temper tantrum all the other guests that arrived with him were overly joyed with the house and the next morning kids were running around with huge smiles on their faces as they were slay riding and building snowmen. We explained the TV still worked completely fine and you can still can control all the channels and volume you just had to do it manually from the side of the TV. After his stay I contacted him about his malicious attack on the house and he responded quote "give me $2000.00 back and I will take the review down". He now upped it to $2500.00 I told him we do not tolerate this and will not and we will see you in court if necessary.

The advertisement of this house cannot get anymore specific and I always tell potential guests to ask questions, come view the property and be sure to read complete advertisement as it will tell you everything about the house.
We have had many, many guest come and stay and absolutely love the house but its usually the ones who have a tiny problem with the house will leave a bad review if we do not give them any money back. The ones who had a great time don’t want to be bothered wasting their time leaving a good review.!!
Helpful votes: 10/10
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3

So-So

3 of 5
Submitted: November 28, 2012 Stayed: November 2012
The condition of the house is so-so. The two rooms and full bath on one side are much newer than the three beds on the other. The other side secondary bath is kind of run down and one of us scalded himself here. We found no games there but they had enough clean linen and towels, pots and pans and plates and silverware, the working washing machine and drier were definitely a plus and it was nice not need to run out to buy laundry detergent and dishwashing soap.

The hammock is broken and there werent enough full baths for the 16 of us. The owners bathroom is not in a usable state and shouldnt be mentioned on this site as it is misleading. They have converted two garages into bedrooms which are kind of cold, however the space heaters help. The pool table was very good and so was the hot tub; however get your own games there are limited activities for a large group.

Basic groceries are closeby and cute town with a walmart is a 25 minute drive away, however the area is remote (which we liked) and better to arrive in the day when you can see street names. Great stargazing opps, dont forget to bring a telescope!
Owner's Response: We always try to please all our guests and we are constantly maintaining the house. This group like to complain about any little thing thinking they will get some money back. They are calling one of the bathrooms "run down" because it has a little paint peeling on the wall and they "scalded themselves" Just because your are not smart enough to check the water temperture before you get in and a little paint peeling on the wall doesnt mean the bathroom is "run down". They also say the owners bathroom is not usable and advertisment is miss leading. The owners bathroom is usable and does work its just not pretty like the other bathrooms and ITS THE OWNERS BATHROOM which means not for guests. Your welcome to use if you want as an extra bathroom but we do not advertise for guest use! Our advetisment is very, very specific. As far one of the bedrooms being cold they didnt know how to turn on the brand new base board heaters which work extremly well. We absolutely will not entertain any complaitns like this to refund some money!!!!!! Please read our complete advertisment for yourself, we cannot be any more specific.
Helpful votes: 7/7
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5

Great Get-Away for a Large Group

5 of 5
Submitted: March 1, 2012 Stayed: February 2012
Stayed there with a large group over presidents day weekend. The place is huge, and is perfectly designed for numerous families, or large groups of friends. Upon arrival the house was clean, and everything in order. The house had everything you need, pots, pans, cutlery, games, linens, etc. (the only thing you need to bring is firewood and charcoal) Tom is also a great owner. Very personable, and helpful. Received our refund in a very timely fashion. The entire transaction was smooth.

Anyway, we had a great weekend and would definitely consider coming back next year!
Helpful votes: 6/8
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5

OUtstanding place to spend a weekend

5 of 5
Submitted: February 10, 2012 Stayed: February 2012
The Hilltop Mansion was a great choice for my friends and I to use as a weekend getaway. The house was exactly as advertised- large, clean, with plenty of activities, games, and space to relax. The in-law suite above the garage gave folks a quiet place to retreat to if they didn't want to be with the larger group in the main house, and the kitchen was fully stocked with silverware, pots, pans, spices etc which made cooking for the large group easy.

Activities in the area include paintballing, skiing, and hiking. We planned on doing a lot away from the house, but got caught up playing wiffleball and basketball at the house and so most of us didn't leave for the entirety of the weekend.

Tom was responsive to every request we had and easy to get a hold of via both email and phone. It's obvious that he was personally invested in ensuring we enjoyed our stay. The house came exactly as he had indicated- the only thing we brought was firewood. I would definitely recommend this place as a great choice for larger groups looking to get together in a casual environment.

My only word of caution is driving there- a few of our party made a wrong turn or two since the street signs are hard to see in the dark. Driving with daylight will make it much easier.

I am definitely looking forward to my next stay!
Helpful votes: 11/12