Our stay was good, the place was clean, the bedrooms and beds were comfortable, and the location was good with a short 3 to 4 block downhill walk to the lake and Tahoe City restaurants. The hot tub was clean and roomy enough for 4 adults with a partial view of the lake. Indoor dining table space is limited. Consider bringing your own Bluetooth speaker and hair dryer.

The host was amazing! Contacted us right back and attended to all our needs!

Very convenient location (walkable to amenities), comfortable, well equipped and held a large group of kids contentedly during multi-day blizzard! Won’t matter for every visit but if it snows 5 feet during your stay I can also say that snow removal efficiency was impressive :-)

We had been to Lake Tahoe only once before and it was 15 years ago. We stayed near Heavenly during that trip, so we were unfamiliar with the different communities/areas around the lake. I thought being in Tahoe City would be nice/what we wanted, but it wasn't. You are in a neighborhood and the houses are very close to you (like, VERY close), which means no privacy. The street is steep, so when you're on the rooftop deck you're literally staring into one neighbor's backyard watching their kids playing (not ideal) and you're at window-level with the neighbor on the other side (which means they're staring at you). Deck access is via either of the two upstairs bedrooms (not ideal), but worse yet, there is no place to sit outside at ground level. The "front door" is through the garage, so you can't really step outside easily (there is a back door blocked by a high chair and a side door in the mudroom, but they just lead to a tiny gravel backyard with no seating). You have to set up the deck top patio yourself - it will not look like the pictures when you arrive. And then you have to take it all down at the end of your stay. I've rented dozens of homes and never had to do this before. What we were really wanting is to be able to sit outside and eat lunch - but we'd have to carry our food/drinks upstairs, through a bedroom (this is after we set up the patio), and it just didn't seem worth it. Also, while the listing does say this, the rooftop patio is off-limits at 9pm. I missed this in the listing (my fault). Because of this, we never used the hot tub. The home is full of personal photos (I've never had a rental home with personal photos) and personal belongings/clothing in the closets. The bedding is very dated/used and needs refreshed. The mattress on the first floor bed is TERRIBLE. My husband and I couldn't wait to get home. We both agreed it was the worst mattress we've ever had at a rental. None of the bedrooms had dressers, so we couldn't unpack our suitcases. Kitchen was well stocked, had everything we needed to cook a few meals at home. We wished we had stayed elsewhere. If you want to be in Tahoe City (which does have some perks...close to the grocery store, restaurants/bars, easy walk to the lake), and you don't mind being right next to other homes, this house might work for you. It lacked the outdoor spaces and privacy we were wanting for our vacation.