Remodeled cottage hidden yet close to City Park, the Lake and the Surf Ballroom!
Privacy and yet so close to it all in the heart of Clear Lake! Walk to activities, parks, concerts, establishments, farmers' market, and all the new Surf District additions, all from North Shore Drive. Modern and Nautical decor.
The owner is a licensed Realtor in the State of Iowa.
A lovely, clean home close to all the best shopping, restaurants and of course Clear Lake. Sherri was a fantastic hostess, helping us work through some issues unrelated to the property or Venmo. Still laughing as yes, the cottage really is hidden!
The place has an excellent layout with a great room which flows into the kitchen. The first floor master bedroom was great. The house was clean neat and uncluttered
Highly recommend it
Very clean. Very comfortable. Everything we needed for the stay we wanted including a bucket and shovel for the beach đ. Would definitely stay here again. Hosts responded quickly with great communication.
This was our first time visiting Clear Lake as a family. This casita was perfect for us. Clean, cozy, and stocked with beach gear. We enjoyed the separate living areas and the basementâs washer and dryer. The hostsâ communication was excellent and everything was better than expected. One block away from the Surf ballroom and 4 blocks to the main beach and city park. We will hopefully be back in the future.
Stayed here for the local triathlon and the location/proximity to City Park, Beach, splash pad, playgrounds, restaurants and cafe was all perfect (3 min walk). This was a carriage house behind the main property which also appeared to be vacation rentals. Very quiet and I appreciated that the house had blackout curtains (a detail that seems to be hard to find in vacation rentals). Loved the check-in/security lock on the door â very easy to use. The house has been very nicely and thoughtfully remodeled. They've even stocked plenty of board games and yard games. Couple things that would make it perfection: We were disappointed to find that while there was a coffee machine, filters were not provided. Thankfully we had packed our own coffee grounds but couldn't have predicted what filters to bring so had to make a special trip back out to the store after checking in. The other surprise was communication about the living room futon â it's actually an air mattress. It worked out ok as I had my two young kids on it and it was a nice air mattress as far as they go with a built-in electric air pump. The biggest downside to it was that the sheet set included was the wrong size (too small) so I ended up having them use two flat sheets instead of a fitted sheet and flat sheet.
Poor parking and long walk to get your things into the house. The property is behind another duplex and you must walk by the other house that is not very well kept and has a large barking dog with open windows in the house you walk by to get to the VRBO we stayed at. Itâs not clear whose yard is whose and the owner of the dog clearly doesnât clean up the dogs Poo therefore our toddle not only was our toddler frightened multiple times she couldnât walk through the yard due to the dog mess. The cleanliness of the rental was so so - we had to sweep and wipe down the floor to feel comfortable letting our toddler play in the house. The forced insurance policy was annoying as well. We would not stay here again mainly due to the large dog and gross yard you you must pass to get to the house far behind the other rental house. You canât see the VRBO from the street we thought we might have a peak a boo view of the lake based on the pictures that is not the case at all.
We chose this neighborhood for its proximity to the lake, Clear Lake City Park, and the lake. It is also tucked away from all the traffic on North Shore.