Large Home at Oregon Coast great for family reunions corporate spacious dining

The property was practical and well set-up for large groups.

Held a 45 year fraternity "old-folks" reunion here. Overall it was GREAT for our large group. The layout is really nice for so many, and does provide privacy as needed. Lots of hot water; plenty of space for gathering in small, medium or large groups for chatting. The deck was fun for games & sunshine.

Needs some attention as follows:

For a house that held 20, weird to only have 4 swim size towels for the spa. And only 6 wine glasses. We bought more and left them there.

Used the grill on the deck but ran out of propane, & the spare was empty! Borrowed one from the sister house next door; but should have been checked before we got there.

The light & fan on the cook-top gas stove did not work; not good! and also contributed to the smoke alarms going off a lot. Fixing the fan would help a lot.

Don't recall any instructions about the recycling, so we trashed all bottles & cardboard.

The hot-tub was a bit cloudy and foamy; seemed weird. Considering the considerable extra fee imposed for this, should be more welcoming.

BIG DEAL for us: none of the TV's had proper remotes so they were basically useless. Our entire reunion revolved to a great extent around a slide-show video we planned to show in the living room. No way to do that without the proper remote & ability to link in. After several calls, Joe sent a guy from the cable co. in (late the next day; a couple hrs before our big event) but he couldn't solve it either. So... we went to Walmart in Newport & bought a new 50" TV to make sure we could pull off our event as planned. A little extreme perhaps but it worked. Rather disappointed we couldn't get the landlord to resolve this. And where are all the Insignia remotes? (locked up somewhere in the owners closet?).

The long table that seats 22 was awesome for group meals. (But it is way too close to the stove and counters; needs to be moved out a foot or so; really cramped the people cooking and sitting; AND it's a hazard! Several people scooting by inadvertently turned on the gas with their buns without knowing it while brushing by. Beware!).

ALSO: the location on vrbo shows an actual address (and map) in Lincoln City. It is dead wrong. Very disturbing to find out we were actually 8-10 miles down the road instead. Seems the landlord/owner or VRBO could do something about that easily.

All that said, we had a great group vacation, and would consider staying again if issues are dealt with.

Rating Details:

The property manager was more than helpful.

The vacation rental was spotless.

I was more than happy with the location.

I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental.

Overall, I recommend this vacation rental.

Reviewer Comments:

Reunion getaway for college friends. Amazing to find a place with 10 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms so we could all be together. Everything was clean and nice. Enough room to gather as a group; or spread out for privacy. Only complaints: the location as listed on vrbo was dead wrong. Should be fixed. Big deal for us was the main TV had no remote and nobody we called could fix it. Nearly ruined our plans for a big slide show/video we'd planned. We bought a new TV and used that. All in all a good weekend though.

Part of the problem was mine, I did not read the description as closely as I should have, should have checked more carefully. This property was listed as a "luxury" property, it is NOT. The only thing going is that it is big. We had a disappointing vacation. Pictures are misleading, limited view, beach access not good, ovens, bbq, deck were dirty, many of tv cables not functioning, wires hanging down, no air conditioning, etc. Table was nice, but located too near cooking area, not enough room to have several people cooking, dishes good, but no "grill" even for center of gas stove, meant I was cooking pancakes for 20 people in a small fry pan, I was not a happy camper! Smoke alarms too sensitive, went off numerous times No privacy between homes, their hot tub looks directly into our bedrooms, they were noisy, only 4 "pool towels"?? Overall--not a good property, way overpriced, would not recommend or rent again!

Rating Details:

The property manager was more than helpful.

The vacation rental was spotless.

I was very happy with the location.

I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental.

Overall, I recommend this vacation rental.

Reviewer Comments:

A wonderful 5 days with all of the kids the grand kids and our mother. Definitely would do it again.