We had a family reunion over Easter weekend with 23 people (ages 1-78) who came from California, Nevada, and Florida, and every person loved it! The house was even lovelier in person compared to the pictures. There were so many areas to relax and gather, lots of space for the kids to roam about, and windows all around with lots of light! It definitely felt like our home for those few days.
The house has everything you need so all you need to bring are your personal items and food and drinks. The kitchen was one of our favorite rooms as we spent lots of time cooking and baking together, eating, and chatting (plenty of pans, utensils, plates, cups, cutting boards, mixing bowls, and much more). We brought some spices and condiments, but they had most of what we needed already. Loved that they had a rice cooker and Keurig, which was used a lot. Everyone enjoyed the great room and played many games of pool, darts, and ping pong, watched movies, played the piano, poured drinks at the bar, played lots of games, and finished a large puzzle at the dining table (we did bring our own puzzle after reading a review mentioning some missing pieces for the ones there).
Outside, everyone enjoyed the hot tub, sledding, and playing in the snow, which the kids enjoyed the most, and even used the grill to make some dinner for all. It snowed one of the days, and we were all perfectly happy staying in all day. Don't forget to check out the storage room to the left of the front door there as it's full of other items you may wish to use - we found an air pump there we needed to blow up our snow tubes!
The location is awesome and easy to get to. Stores are not too far for anything else you need, as well as restaurants, casinos, and North Lake Tahoe. Getting to and from North Star Resort was very easy and convenient with the free shuttle service - it arrived very quickly after requesting from the phone app and picked us all up right in front of the house.
The instructions for check-out were simple enough. The only thing is one of the dryers was out, which was expected as we were informed before we arrived, but we made it work!
Would definitely recommend this place and we hope to come back again! We made many good memories here and had an amazing family reunion. Some of the kids even cried when we were leaving! The host is very friendly, communicative, and accommodating - thank you very much, Steve!