The house is as described. Clean and well stocked with essentials. Location is also good, just a block from the lake.
It is managed by Vacasa. They did a decent job but there were just a few things where we felt the experience may be different if it’s managed by a local owner.
We wanted to go to the water park at Chelan on our arrival date but we carried our owned kayak and paddle board in our car. We were wondering if we could just drop the outdoor gears off in the yard after the morning check out time but before our check in time, so our car does not park in the parking lot of water park with all these gears on it. We did not need to go inside the house. We were told that we could not.
My daughter could not find her glasses after we got home so we were wondering if she left it in the house. We asked the property manager if they can check, and there is a fee of $25 plus tax to check for lost items whether it’s found or not. I was charged 2 days ago but have not heard whether they have found it or not. I assume someone is staying in the house currently so they could not check yet.
I understand they have different people working with many houses and they have to follow their procedures. The $25 fee was disclosed in their email communications. It’s just our experience with owner managed vacation homes are usually more personable with some flexibility. We may prefer owner managed properties in the future.