The wooded acreage was beautiful with trails and river vistas to enjoy. The yard, patio, front porch, fire ring, fire wood, and grill were ours to use at will. The rooms themselves were comfortable and well kept. We greatly enjoyed our stay, and you will not find a more helpful and communicative host than Barb. We highly recommend the Bungalow!
Efficient check-in. I received a detailed message via VRBO from owner a few days before arrival. The email contained all the information regarding the rental and surrounding area. The directions to the rental made it easy to find. This rental is handicapped accessible with no entry stairs, first floor bedroom and bathroom with easy shower entry. We enjoyed sitting on the deck and enjoying the quiet seclusion.
We stayed here for a Girls Getaway, my mom and the three of us sisters. The VRBO was lovely inside and out and functional for all our activities. My mom uses a walker and the floors were level making it easy to get around. A couple days it was raining and storming, so we appreciated the use of the garage and that the VRBO manager kept us informed during the tornado warning. We also liked the central location between Rochester and Lanesboro.
We really enjoyed our stay at the Bungalow! Great location for a quiet getaway weekend. Great trails for walking. Kids enjoyed feeding Chocolate apples and petting Zippy. Wonderful stay. Would recommend and stay again!
Great location, wonderful stay, So nice to be able to leave Mayo Clinic, and escape to a secluded hideaway. This is our second visit. Barb our host is a pleasure to work with. Would enjoy a return visit.
We had a wonderful stay and the dogs loved the trails in the woods. Chocolate, the neighborâs horse was a sweetheart, as was Zippy the other neighborâs dog! The space was great and we enjoyed having the loft to puzzle in and watch movies. We will be back:)
We had a delightful womenâs weekend here. Trails were wonderful for cross country skiing, hiking, and snowshoeing. Clean, cozy place: we hope to return!
Our family loved our stay! The place was perfect for our family of five and dog. We built fires in the fireplace, grilled chicken on the grill, roasted marshmallows over the campfire, took king walks on the trails and played a lot of games of darts.
We also enjoyed driving up to Rochester to visit Cafe Aqui.
Highly recommend this spot.
Barbâs Bungalow is an absolutely charming property! We stayed for a pre-wedding ladies retreat and couldnât be happier. We had plenty of space to spread out our yoga mats in front of the wood burning fireplace. The game room upstairs was perfect for relaxing with our books, and we very much enjoyed walking the trails on the property. We canât wait to come back for another adventure in the future!
What a lovely home and gorgeous location! Even though we had some bitterly cold days, we loved hiking all the trails along the river with our Golden Retreiver. It was so quiet and peaceful. Snow was even removed promptly. This is a place we would love to return to!
The Bungalow was the perfect set up for my family of 5 adults and my infant grandson. Great location with hiking trails on private land. We enjoyed eating in Stewartville and Rochester. We also did an escape room while there. I would recommend to pack your slippers for the cold tile on the main floor. Great time with my family.
Adult siblings joined together with spouses to reconnect and go to a 105 birthday celebration in Stewartville. We hiked and gathered at the bungalow to reconnect since we all lived in different states, it was a perfect place to stay. We loved the nature and all the wildlife that visited. Thank you. It is a very nice environment and place to relax and reconnect. Absolutely perfect for us.
Everything was clean. i loved that the kitchen was well supplied with everything you need to cook a meal. The pictures are accurate of the interior and exterior. We enjoyed hosting family meals and played card games. It was our honeymoon and family reunion combined. Cooked out in the firepit and had somores with grand kids.
This was the perfect home for our family of 4 (3 adults and 1 teen). We had all the supplies we needed. The game room is where we spent most of our time- playing darts and cards. We had a fire out back one night - plenty of wood and beautiful surroundings. We had to contact Barb once and she was very helpful and responsive.
This is a really cute property with a well-stocked kitchen (in terms of cooking utensils) and nice places to walk. We loved the wood fireplace. It has a no-step entrance and a bedroom and bath on the first floor. The bathroom entrance is partially blocked by a washer/dryer so a wheelchair can't get through but if you can get yourself down the hall it'll be an accessible getaway! Even equipped with a shower chair! We really liked it.
Lovely home and grounds. Lots of welcome natural light on the ground floor with a cozy sectional upstairs. Miles of hiking trails with access right outside the door. Great communication by the host and the maintenance man after a late season snow storm to ensure we could get out if needed. Unexpected bonus was the spacious off-leash dog park a short drive away in Stewartville just past the grocery store on 20th Street. Tip for others: Our phonesâ hot spot internet connections outperformed the wi-fi in the house. Not a big deal for us though. We would return for another stay.
This property was originally owned by my parents. My dad set up a small saw mill in the woods and built the original rough structure in the 1980s. I purchased it from them in 2000. My Dad actually milled the lumber over the fireplace, the shelf in the living room and some of the oak rafters. I recently added a beautiful addition and decided I would share it with people who I believe will love the tranquility and beauty. There is SO much to do and enjoy or sit and occasionally see a few deer wandering through your yard.
I grew up in Stewartville and decided to purchase this property to keep in our family for the future. I visit here occasionally but want to share it with others! I LOVE being here and I will get a lot of pleasure out of letting you enjoy it, too.
Root River on the property a few hundred yards away. Ironwood Springs Ranch adjacent with 200 acres of hiking trails and other activities you can check out on their web site. ironwoodsprings.com. Things such as horse-drawn sleigh rides, horseback riding, etc. Twenty acres of bluebells spring up in the woods in May! It is a sight to behold.