We stayed at Big Bear for our first annual family reunion and had pro’s and con’s with the rental.
Pro’s:
-The space is perfect for families to spread out, each room having it’s own bathroom plus an extra area in the bedroom to get ready.
-The beds were not too hard or soft, and all either queen or king, which is so rare to find that many in a rental!
-Plenty of plates, cups, and wine glasses to go round.
-Floor 2 had a foosball table and love seat in front of a big protection tv, each room had a tv as well I believe but didn’t really pay attention
-The top floor had a pool table and foosball table, and an extra fridge and coffee maker, and small table - perfect for the late night crowd.
-The bottom floor had a long table that fits 14 people if chairs are pulled up to the ends, and there is a small picnic table outside, and a small loveseat downstairs. If you have more people than that, they’d need to go toothed floors to eat.
-The porches were so spacious on the back and side.
Con’s:
-The images need to be updated - there are only a few rocking chairs outside, and the gaming areas were different as well.
-It could use a REaLLY good deep cleaning. The floors were dirty (don’t walk barefoot or your feet will be black), crumbs were on the tables and floors, and showers were dirty as well.
-Only one roll of TP provided per restroom, so if you stay more than 2 nights, bring extra.
-Grill tools are trashed, so bring your own.
-No cookie sheet
-Not enough forks for 16 people (everything was mismatched), but plenty of plates/cups
-Hot tub was temperamental, the bubbles wouldn’t stay on the first night, the second night it was fine but definitely sandy inside
-The front door lock is a joke, it could easily be kicked open, and the back door doesn’t even lock.
-Some of the outlets in the kitchen don’t work, but there are plenty that do.
-Definitely bring extra large trash bags as none are provided besides the starter bags.
-While remote is awesome, it’s on a super narrow one lane road and we kept having to back up into people’s driveways to get out of the way. Plus there was construction on a new home and they had stuff all in the road, making it really hard to get around. Just dangerous. Not recommended for younger lesser experienced drivers.
-It made no sense that a tiny love seat was in front of the big projection screen tv on floor two, it would make sense to set that up as a theater room so multiple people can enjoy.