Overall we had a fantastic stay at Deere Valley Drive. We were a group of 6 old farts (55-66) who refuse to act our age :-). First, I would like to say how wonderful the customer service reps at iTrip were - the communication was wonderful and their response time to questions/concerns was impressive.
Now to the actual property. The location is fabulous if you plan to take advantage of town as the walk to town is about only about 2 blocks! The bus picks you up with your gear one house up and drops you off directly across from the house. When you are taking the bus home - make sure to pull the dinger after you pass the first stop … you don’t want to miss it and have to walk a few blocks back down the hill with all your gear!
The layout worked well for our group as we had two couples and two single guys. The couples each took a master while one guy took the twin room and the other took the den. We each had our own bathrooms which worked out well. The rooms were clean but the mattresses were not the most comfortable. There were mattress toppers in one of the masters and the twin room, but the mattress in the front master was mediocre at best and the poor guy that slept on the pullout had back issues by day 2! We finally decided to take the mattress topper from the 2nd twin and pull it down to the pullout, which helped a bit, but not much of a consolation.
The kitchen was fairly well equipped, but beware of the microwave … it is about 16 years old and it is way more powerful than todays microwaves. For instance, if you would normally cook for 1 minute, check it after about 30 seconds. The kitchen table is awesome for large groups. We ended up using Stacey’s grocery service and I would highly recommend it. The service is not cheap, but well worth it!!! We ended up cooking in all but one night and found the supplies to be adequate for preparing family meals.
The living room is comfortable and there were plenty of games and cards to keep us entertained. The furniture is dated, but adequate. We really enjoyed hanging out “family” style after a day on the slopes.
Overall we enjoyed our stay and loved the location. We made a few recommendations -several of the knobs in the kitchen completely fell off, the towel rack in the downstairs bathroom fell apart, there was a chair in the dining room that was broken. Nothing that a small investment couldn’t fix and it would be 5 stars. We would rent again if items were fixed!
