Serene Waterfront House: Boat Dock & Kayaks!

Reviews

• Great place to unwind

  5/5

  From the time we stepped into this home, we felt at home. Everything beautiful, clean, and with all the basic necessities for couple nights stay. Relaxing on the back porch, soaking in the hot tub, and taking a short kayak ride in the lake filled out days of adventure in Hot Springs, AR.

• Inside pristine, outside not so much

  4/5

  We chose this rental for the location (Eclipse 2024) on a lake with an outdoor hot tub. We imagined ourselves watching the eclipse from the hot tub. What we got was somewhat different.

  The inside space is pristine and very clean. There are a couple of ceiling fan issues but overall it was lovely.

  The outdoor space was not what we expected. There were 4 chairs for a house that sleeps 9. The deck was filthy with mud. The hot tub had no chlorine in it and it was dirty. Literally black dirt/mud all around the top of the hot tub, on the chlorine floater, on the head rests, dirt in the seats and bottom of the hot tub.

  The house is managed by Evolve Travel. I contacted them about the hot tub issues and provided photos. They sent a handyman who threw some chlorine in the hot tub, gave a quick wipe to the dirt and left. He did not test the ph or consider cleaning the dirt at the bottom of the hot tub and all that remained along the sides.

  The kayaks that were provided had a single seat back for 6 kayaks. One of the kayaks had a hole in it. We figured that out when it we took took it for a paddle and it sunk.

  I contacted Evolve again. Provided more hot tub pictures. Asked that they test the pH, etc. They basically told me “too bad, you haven’t proven your case, we’re closing this”. Not ok.

  We were told the house is owned by someone who lives in California so they probably don’t see the issues. It’s a shame because it’s a lovely house inside and sits in a great location.

  *This review was originally posted on Vrbo

• Overall rating

  4/5

  The property was nice great views, easy access to the water, however, it smell like wet dog when we checked in and very limited paper products, which was not told to bring so bring your own trash bags, your own paper towels, and your own toilet paper

  *This review was originally posted on Vrbo

• Weekend getaway

  5/5

  Great location! The house is exactly as it looks online. Had a few questions after arriving and they were answered quickly. Things to note: All bedroom fans appear to operate on the same remote even though there are separate remotes in each room, propane tank was empty in the table fire pit on the deck, the outdoor fan didn't work (well we couldn't get it to work...could be us), neighbor who helps with the place was super nice! Also don't walk on the grass without shoes... nothing that can be done about this but just a word of warning. Overall we would definitely recommend this place!

  *This review was originally posted on Vrbo

• Great place!

  5/5

  I would definitely recommend staying here! Right on the water! We had 7 adults and the house was great for us! Just a few things we couldn't figure out...the fans all have remotes and they all seem to work all together regardless of what remote is used. A person in one bedroom would turn their fan on and all of them came on. Same with lights. It was probably just us and it didn't frustrate us, we actually had a good laugh. The owners are very responsive when we had questions. Having kayaks and floats for us to use was a big plus!