🏡 Joyful Vacation Home 🏡

We stayed for a weekend at Disneyland with our college aged kids and two of their friends. The house accommodated all 6 of us comfortably. Driving down from the Bay Area on a Friday evening left us checking in after midnight due to traffic, i was able to easily reach the owner/manager to let them know of our arrival and it made for an effortless contactless check in. The house itself sits in a neighborhood less than 10 minutes (street lights, no freeway travel) away from the Disney parks. This made our stay the perfect place to rest. The kitchen and dining room sat us all comfortably for meals in and we appreciated a decently stocked coffee area. (Bring your own cream & sugar). There is a washer and dryer that we didn’t need, but it was nice to have that option. It’s important to note that there’s a full bath and a half bath in the primary, so sharing a shower amongst 6 adults required some coordination. The property manager/owner was quick to respond to my messages- albeit minimal. Check out was effortless, they don’t require you to clean the house (pulling bedding, loading dishwasher, taking out trash - yes, some vacation rental properties require this) before leaving although that was something we were accustomed to do. We just made sure to tidy up and do a full sweep of any belongings left behind. Needless to say, we’d stay here again.

We had a wonderful visit and our Host Arlene could not have been more nice and helpful. Teddy is a very responsive owner and we had very good experience and would recommend it for any couple or family.

Everything was good.

This house was not in the nicest neighborhood we realized as we arrived. When the listing states there is a back house with manager on site, they mean they converted two bedrooms by cutting them in half and closed off half the house, so the remaining bedrooms don't have windows and you're able to hear the adjoining neighbors. My primary reason for not getting a hotel was the access to a washer and dryer but the washer cannot be used due to the smell. The entire house is impacted by this smell. When I notified the manager there was zero offer of consolation and she said she wished the manager could have fixed it. There is no fixing the smell coming out of that washing machine. There is nowhere to sit comfortably, so my kids consistently chose the floor. When we arrived there was trash in every trash can, literally every room, and also leftover food in the fridge. Again, the owner only said she wished the manager on site could have been notified so they could fix it. Frankly the house should be clean and useable as listed without the client being inconvenienced by waiting on someone to address multiple issues. We will not be staying here again and wish we'd have realized that we'd have no privacy and feel unsafe in this location.