Serene 1-Acre Retreat with Gourmet Kitchen - Grill, Alfresco Dining & Firepit Reviews, Deals & Photos 2026

Q: Is Serene 1-Acre Retreat with Gourmet Kitchen - Grill, Alfresco Dining & Firepit pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

Q: How much is parking at Serene 1-Acre Retreat with Gourmet Kitchen - Grill, Alfresco Dining & Firepit?

On-site parking is available at the property.

Q: Where is Serene 1-Acre Retreat with Gourmet Kitchen - Grill, Alfresco Dining & Firepit located?

Located in Cottage Lake, this holiday home is within 1 mile (2 km) of Cottage Lake Park and Paradise Valley Conservation Area. Hollywood Hills Equestrian Park and Hartman Park are also within 6 miles (10 km).

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10/10 Excellent

Christy G.

11 Aug 2025

Very pleasant experience

Private. Gorgeous forested property. Lovely fire pit area. Comfortable beds. Room for everyone. Spacious living areas and kitchen. Very very clean. Helpful and quick to respond host. No complaints!

10/10 Excellent

Ashlee W.

24 Jul 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wedding weekend

This is a well maintained property and had everything we needed for the weekend.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brandt P.

3 Sept 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great getaway for a fun friends weekend

We had a blast! Lovely property, and plenty of space for everyone to have fun and be comfortable. The house was very clean and tidy, and everything was ready when we needed it. The area is great too, so many fun things to do! Thanks for a great time!

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sandy F.

4 Nov 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Clean and convenient Woodinville house.

Peaceful wooded surroundings and a clean comfortable well-equipped house. Just what we wanted!

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

2/10 Terrible

Lisa A.

16 Jul 2023

Liked: Check-in, location, listing accuracy

Disliked: Cleanliness, communication

Mouse poop in kitchen cabinets

The biggest issue was mouse poop in the kitchen cabinets and cookware. I communicated this to the property manager in response to a text from him and he NEVER replied to my text. This was a health hazard and was reported immediately but nobody came to clean it up for the whole stay. This was after also working with an agent to get fans to help rid the house of heavy smoke smell the day of check in. The fans were delivered via door dash but the cleaning issue was completely ignored. It was like a dark cloud over our whole vacation and we never felt comfortable using the kitchen.

Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2023

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4/10 Poor

Erin M.

9 Jan 2023

Bad experience

The house we stayed in was beautiful but there was a definite lack of amenities. Five people for five days were left one roll of toilet paper per bathroom (there were three bathrooms), one roll of paper towels and three small trash bags. One shower was backed up and we had to take a shower in one foot of water and the freezer door would not shut properly. We happened to stay during a heat wave and there was only one small working fan. I contacted Vacasa about the availability of AC so they should have been aware of the heat wave and lack of cooling in the house but there was nothing done on their end to provide additional fans. Also, I booked this house through VRBO, then Turn Key took over and finally Vacasa with no explanation.

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

michael c.

10 Oct 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

wedding weekend

Overall good Check in was not easy due to code did not work so we used the lockbox

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022

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10/10 Excellent

Leane R.

10 Jul 2022

Perfect location for a Woodinville Wedding

The home is beautiful! The kitchen was very well stocked for all the cooking we did, such a welcome change over hotel life (having to eat on someone else’s schedule). We made good use of the grill!

Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

Samantha C., Woodinville, WA 98077

14 Jun 2022

Liked: Location, listing accuracy

Disliked: Check-in

Great Location - Big Hiccup with Check In

I hosted a family reunion and needed a place for some of the family to stay close by. This place looked beautiful and I was excited for them to stay there.....Worst check in process I have experienced when renting a home! The email gave the wrong code to get in (it was off by one digit come to find out). Thankfully we were able to call Vacasa and they gave us a contractors box code, but then IT DIDN'T WORK. My extended family headed to the home around 10pm and it was pitch black out with no exterior lights, at all! Not very welcoming. Low and behold there were 2 contracts boxes so I had to call Vacasa again and finally we were able to get a code to get into the home. The main floor definiltey has a slight smell of cigarette smoke, but my family was able to look past that and enjoyed their stay! Then the next day they realized they couldn't find any toilet paper in the home! They opened every cabinet, closet etc. that they could and there was ZERO toilet paper....not ok. I had them bring some rolls from my personal home.....finally on the last day as they were checking out they instructions said to start a load of towels and there was ZERO detergent anywhere. Long story short when you pay for a home for a weekend you expect better. The home is lovely with nice updates, but I am sad to report there were some large and minor things that really should not have happened.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Josh D.

21 May 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice location

Peaceful but close to any amenity you'd want.

Stayed 6 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Andrea B.

7 Mar 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Stay!

The place was great and clean. Lots of space. The only thing we would have loved more information toward Wi-Fi and perhaps surrounding area. A book with the process would have been great so we didn’t have to keep going to email. Also we could not locate the remote to TV. Other than that the place was beautiful, clean, quiet, great location, and super fun!

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jaclyn R.

5 Jan 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful property!

Will definitely rent again.

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021

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10/10 Excellent

Elise F.

8 Dec 2021

Great stay

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Clean, no issue, charming house, quiet neighborhood.

10/10 Excellent

Katie L.

27 Nov 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Just what we were looking for.

Close to where we needed to be. Spacious. Nice layout.

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

17 Nov 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Spacious

Communication with owners was quick, we had everything we needed!

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

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8/10 Good

Eileen C.

19 Oct 2021

Perfect Family of the Bride Prep and Rest

Rating Details: The property manager was more than helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We stayed here to attend our daughter's wedding and decided to invite our daughter and her attendants to come and prepare here. It was perfect. Even the yard was used for photos. Quiet, only a little out of the way and surrounded by woods. A quick trip to the market was only a few minutes away.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kathy D.

26 Jul 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful Property excellent location

The property was beautiful and very spacious fir the 5 of us. Great location with pharmacy, grocery store and coffee shop minutes away. Plenty of restaurants and wineries/breweries close by. Home was very comfortable. Would highly recommend.

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer S.

22 Jul 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

fun time

we were there for my neices wedding in woodinville. Lovely property

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Marjorie D.

22 Jun 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect family gathering

This beautiful property was the perfect quiet place to connect with family, share stories and prepare meals in their beautiful kitchen. Super close to a grocery store on the corner of the neighborhood, but felt like you were in the middle of a forest all to your self.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sarah K.

28 Oct 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Relaxing Elopement Weekend

After changing plans over and over for our wedding due to COVID, we finally decided to elope and rent a vacation house to stay in the night before and night of our wedding. We were a little nervous traveling during COVID but the cleaning procedures and overall state of the house were EXCEPTIONAL! The property was AMAZING and Silke our property manager was amazing from first contact! She was so quick with communication, gave easy and precise instructions for our stay (check in/check out) and was so sweet to us during such an important weekend. It was relaxing, the master bed was so so comfortable and we had everything we needed. It was just too bad that the weather was so awful that we couldn't enjoy the beautiful back deck and the firepit in the back yard. Thank goodness for the huge dining room table that comfortably seated our families as we enjoyed dinner following our nuptials. We can't wait to book this home again sometime during the summer when the weather is better! This is a MUST STAY property if you want privacy and relaxation!

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

JasonChloe N.

24 Aug 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Slow internet,

For a place that advertises as being able to house 7 people, the internet was obnoxiously slow. The home was clean and nice. The floors were really loud/squeeky. I thought the kitchen was missing some things like steak knives for a family and the wine bottle opener was old and pushed the corks into the bottle. The listing did not include the rules we needed to follow prior to renting (which were in 2 different emails) included no shoes in the house and the extra care the marble countertop took. We thought it was odd there was a car in the garage. It was a beautiful home, but some weird quirks.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Shira B.

7 Oct 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful, comfortable, and ideal for our weekend away

I came with a group of girlfriends to celebrate my birthday and enjoy time together at the house and in Woodinville. We loved the house, where we were able to comfortably prepare and eat meals in the kitchen and dining room, play games in the living areas, have a cozy campfire outside, and sleep soundly in the bedrooms. Everything was well-maintained and well-appointed. We cooked successfully in the very nice kitchen, and there were plenty of towels and other necessary items throughout the home. The property manager was very responsive to emails, and she gave me all the information we needed for an easy entry and stay. I would recommend the property to people who want a nice place to stay within an easy drive of the wineries and other attractions of Woodinville.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

anna d.

10 Sept 2019

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Quiet Location and perfect size for groups but needs cleaning

The location was quiet with plenty of community space for our party of 7, including some other family members who came over for dinner. There was adequate cutlery and cooking utensils. The rooms were quiet from outside noise, but you can hear other guests in other rooms. The fire pit outside was a lovely added touch, and we used it for s'mores. However, the place was not clean, and not well-prepared for our visit. A list of the following issues: 1. The charge for cleaning was too high for the poor quality of cleanliness. There were many cupboards that were dirty, especially where dishes were kept. 2. The garage was very dirty 3. The place needs to be fumigated. There were spiders all over the house, and a few of us were bitten. 4. There was no extra toilet paper. 5. The air intake vent in the kitchen was greasy and dirty. 6. The outside lights did not work. 7. The Weber BBQ was dirty with uncooked food

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Stephinie L.

27 Aug 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Rat

There was rat/mice droppings on the plates in the cupboard an we heard a noise in the kitchen an found a big rat was in the garbage can under the kitchen sink

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer S.

7 Aug 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay

The house was very spacious we had a family of 8 and it was very spacious for all of us. The location was perfect very woodsy area away from the commotion of the big cities but still close enough for a day in Seattle. The back yard area was nice we were able to play games and brought our own firewood to have a fire at night and have s’mores. Would stay again very nice

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

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