Cedar House Nær Strand, Attraktioner, Stetson Univ, Sky Dive Deland

Thanks Debbie, hope you come back again.

We appreciate your kind words, we strive to make your stay as good as possible.

Thank you, we actually investigated putting in a second bath but it was not at all practical so we put in the extra vanity in the existing bath.

Awesome another boater to enjoy our great waterways! I hope you caught fish for dinner. The brand new local market is right up the street past the beautiful Earl Brown Park with its playgrounds, skate park and many festivals. Deland is a great weekend getaway from the big city when you just want to get back to nature or out on the water. With an award winning "downtown" you can still enjoy great restaurants and local shops.

Thank you Kimberly, glad to have you with us again.

I hope you got to see the 4th of July party nearby at the Earl Brown Park with all the festivities, food trucks and fireworks. Cedar House is truly near everything but sitting on 3 + acres half of which is forested it does seem in the country. We put up that fence because we want our guests to be able to bring their four legged family members too. And it does let you enjoy the privacy outside.

The condition of this large 3 bedroom house was spotlessly clean other than dead Love bugs near the bedroom's window A/C units. Not dismissing this guest's "ick" factor, a normal reaction is to think bugs must be everywhere when you see unfamiliar bugs in a pile on light tile floors. However, that is not the case here. We have quality professional Pest Control services and the cleaning person swept the floors the day prior to check in. The notorious Love Bug Season in Florida lasts about two weeks each spring and again in late summer. They are completely harmless to people but hard on vehicles and they will make there way through A/C units. I have a central heat pump system for the whole house but found times when guests want there sleeping quarters cooler for sleep so I provide A/C window units in bedrooms. And Florida can get very hot stressing central units. We want all guests to sleep at their ideal temperature. We should have inspected the morning of the guest stay in lieu of the day before. The guest could have called my cleaning person who is 6 blocks away and would have happily swept up the Love bugs. The other two points were valid but minor. The bath rugs did have a white bleach line and there were two light bulbs out unfortunately in the same bedroom. Again we would have gladly replaced those light bulbs. This is a great property in an excellent location. I own and manage 7 HomeAway/VRBO listings in Deland. This is my only job and I take it very seriously. It is unfortunate that Love bugs tarnished this guest's experience, especially when it could have been fixed so easily. If you have any issue at any point during a stay in one of my properties please call me and allow me a chance to correct it before leaving me a 2 star review.

Thank you we are glad you had a nice vacation at the Cedar House. We installed the fencing around the backyard to give a safe place for kids and their pets to play. I hope you were able to also walk down two blocks to the huge Earl Brown Park to play and enjoy our Florida weather.

The Cedar House is surprisingly roomy inside since it doesn't look like it when you first pull in. We fenced the side/back yard specially so our guests could bring their pets with them as we feel it just makes for a happier time when you don't have to board them back home. The nearby Earl Brown Park is large with a great skate park for the teenagers, playground for the younger kids and even ducks in the pond. It hosts large arts and crafts festivals every year and 4th of July festivals with music and food trucks. The walk from the Cedar House is a couple of blocks so it makes for an excellent way to get some exercise before going about your day in Deland. Summers in Florida can get very hot and steamy so we have installed window a/c units in the 3 bedrooms just to help keep you comfortable at night. There is Central a/c with the controls near the two rocking chairs. I mention it because sometimes guests see the window units and think that's all there is. Its a big house and 98 degree days are common in summer which can tax a whole house A/C unit. But please make sure to turn off window units when you leave.

Wow very good. We love it when people come to stay with a boat as there is plenty of room for that here and the St John's River provides all kinds of boating opportunities. We raised our kids skiing and fishing on the river. Come in early December sometime and join the Christmas Boat Parade. Also you just a 1/2 hour drive to the launch in New Smyrna Beach for salt water fishing or night shrimping. And we replaced that one a/c unit and the house also has the central unit but its a big house so we provide the window units for extra comfort.

With all the great stuff Deland has to offer, we like to provide the great place to stay whether you are here to Sky Dive, Fish or visit your kid/grandkid at Stetson University we want to provide you a great, clean comfortable place to call home for a little while. Also we are local owner managers and can provide quick response to anything you need.

thank you, hope you will come back again. Please always let us know if we can help in any way while you are here (we are locals).

Thank you, we have since upgraded the cleaning staff so next time it will be immaculate.

These nice folks came late Dec and stayed until end of April. Cedar House is a great place to Winter. Nice large house on 2 wooded acres in the City limits of a beautiful small town. We'd love to have you come for a visit.