Our family of 18 (Grandparents + 3 sibling/family units) met in Scottsdale for the Christmas break.
The home is not overly large, but it is laid out exceptionally well for multiple families. Each couple had their own bedroom and the biggest master suite has been converted into a bunk/playroom with it’s own enormous bathroom and two separate walk-in closets. We put all the older cousins in here and utilized the closets as his/her changing rooms. It was a total kid fun zone for them: foosball, games, toys, tv, and shared sleeping space.
The kitchen has a large pantry and is well stocked. The dining room table had extra leaves for expanded seating and an adjacent bar.
Great big sectional in the living room and several side chairs made the communal space comfortable for the entire family to be together.
The interior is well appointed, but could use some general handyman love and refreshing—baseboards in rough shape, paint touchups needed, doors with broken locks or don’t close well, slow drains, some furniture on its last legs.
The citrus tree lined pool area was definitely a highlight—when the pool heat was working. Initially, we missed three days of pool heat due to incorrect instructions posted in the house and then being at the mercy of the pool guy working through a backlog of holiday service calls.
Upon his arrival and after a simple mechanical adjustment, the pool guy said that they have been out several times to the property for this reoccurring reason. We communicated this to the owners who informed us that the system was recently updated. If the house manual instructions are updated in a timely manner, then this avoidable inconvenience should not be a problem for future guests.
Communication with the (three) owners/property managers during this time was not uber responsive, but it was accommodated and they very fairly refunded the pool heat cost for the lost days.
Lovely, quiet neighborhood which is easily accessible to the surrounding area, activities, and stores. Our family especially enjoyed the Chapparal park (~1 mile away).
