Altoona Home 11 Mi to Downtown Des Moines

Reviews

• 5/5

• #3 Family Weddings

  5/5

  This Was Our 3rd Stay for Family Weddings!

  4 Families from Texas!

  House is Clean, Accommodate’s Our Group Well!

  Had A couple Repeat issues!

  House was not ready when we Arrived and are updating entry lock information,

  Called and Owner came and Resolved Quickly!

  We Enjoyed the Whole House and the Back Yard for relaxing.

  Would Rent Again 😊

• Great place for a large family

  5/5

  We recently stayed here for 3 nights with 7 kids. We found it large enough to really spread out and everyone have their own space. The kids especially enjoyed having a king or queen sized bed (almost) entirely to themselves. We didn't even use the "extra" bedding areas-office or living/ front room pull out sofa.

  *This review was originally posted on Vrbo

• Nice Location

  3/5

  Check in was a little frustrating as the house was not ready. With no communication we showed up to check into the home around 3:30pm and they were still cleaning. We left to find a park for the kids to play since we had drove around six and half hours. We returned back to the home as they were finishing up cleaning a little after 5pm. House was surface level clean; however, a deep clean would be beneficial.

  The location was great for us! We attended Adventureland Park and Prairie Meadows Casino and Racetrack. We really enjoyed both of those events. We ate dinner one night at Sugar Shack Diner (recommend) and another night at Fireside Grille (recommend). Lunch one day we ate at Spectators Sports Bar and Grill (recommend). We attended multiple parks throughout our stay around Altoona and all were great and would highly recommend. Very quiet street and neighborhood.

  House was big enough for us; however, would recommend checking your soaps upon check-in as we had to run out and get soap, shampoo and conditioner (would have been minor had we checked prior to starting showers for kids later into the night). Also, no dishwasher soap so we just hand washed everything. Plenty of towels for everyone. We did laundry throughout our stay. FYI the back deck did have a couple of holes due to rotten spots. Just beware as we had a kiddo trip and worried with splinter, so we all wore shoes. Back yard did have a nice grass back yard. The kids were able to run around and play.

  Manager's Response:

  Shared from the owner:
  
  Hi Holly, thank you for staying with us. It sounds like you enjoyed many aspects of the location, and we're glad you had great experiences at some of our recommended restaurants! We apologize that the house was not ready when you arrived and that you didn't have the essentials for shower time with the kids. We've spoken with our cleaning crew and added extra help to ensure the house is prepared on time for our guests. We've also stocked up on all the essentials to make sure they are readily available. Thank you for letting us know about the back deck. It has been inspected, and we will be scheduling repairs soon. We hope you will stay with us again!

• Nice house for big group

  4/5

  It was good overall. The rooms were clean and everything worked.

  *This review was originally posted on Vrbo