Stowe Country Homes - Stowe, Vermont

Jess C.

My parents rented this amazing home for our family vacation. We were all able to stay together, yet still have enough space to have alone time. The house is sparkling clean and we all already miss beginning and ending each day on that deck. The Randall family will certainly be back! There are amenities aplenty and if the attractions in the area weren't so fantastic, there would be no need to leave this home. Mountain Dream is aptly named. 🌄

michael B.

A beautiful home. Well equipped with everything you need in the kitchen and bathrooms. Very Clean. There is a Shaw's 2 minutes away if you need anything. The grounds were well maintained. Both bedrooms have a Queen bed. My only complaint would be that the master would have been better if there was a King bed.

Gary D.

What made this online booking easy was the ease of the web site, the property was accurately displayed and the communication with the rental office. Everything was as described and the house was available earlier and were were notified by text. This is not the first time I booked with Stowe Country Home but it was the biggest house I've rented.

Cat C.

I have been going to Stowe with my family for about 15 years. We have had great experiences up until recently. We rented "Mountain Dream" and it ended up being a nightmare. We were there with 8 adults (including my 80-year old grandmother) and 2 young children (toddler and newborn) and came from many hours out of town. The more time we spent here the more clear it was that this place had not been properly cleaned nor inspected. There were about 10 things that happened during our stay that we documented and flagged to Stowe Country Homes, but I will just touch on the most major for the sake of time. When we arrived, our toddler found a Smith and Wesson knife sticking out from under the bed. This is not just a regular kitchen knife, but a very very dangerous knife. Thankfully, we were just a few steps behind her and were able to grab it before she could pick it up. We decided to overlook that even though it was very unnerving as we had just gotten there. The next day, we opened a drawer in the bathroom to find a roll of toilet paper that was torn apart by a mouse and nested inside/mouse poop all over the drawer. This clearly was not new and had been there for a long time. Under the sink in that bathroom was disgusting and also had mouse poop inside. If that wasn't enough we found mold/grime under the table cloth on the dining table and the dishwasher was not anchored into the cabinetry, so almost fell on top of us when we first pulled it out.

We made Stowe Country Homes aware of all of this and they were apologetic. I told them we couldn't be inconvenienced to leave because there were 8 adults and 2 small children and we tried to make the best of it even though the conditions were really below any standard that a vacation rental company should be renting out to their customers. I told them that I would want to come up with some sort of settlement to make up for the 1) Obvious lack of cleaning and 2) Failure to inspect the property for hazards/dangers. I mean the mouse nest in the drawer shows a severe lack of cleanliness and is borderline severely dangerous to the health of their guests. I asked Stowe Country Homes for 1 night off (around $700) plus the cleaning fee of $400 for a total of around $1100. We paid around $3,000 altogether. but they were only willing to offer the $400 for cleaning fee credit. They basically stopped answering me and procrastinated enough that the time/energy spent on it was not worth it to me in the end so I ended up accepting the $400 credit even though I didn't feel it was fair. Ultimately, I was going to try to overlook all of this and book with them again next year but really don't think I can after the lack of accountability and ability to settle on a fair credit back. This was just our experience, and it may be an anomaly but from other reviews I have seen especially on Yelp it it not. Stowe Country Homes lost a loyal customer.

Corina R.

The house is absolutely gorgeous, great location, the owners decorated the spaces beautifully. The mgmt company however, destroyed the experience. Seems to be no communication among the staff; prior to booking I got my ESA approved, at check in no one knew of my pet causing an unpleasant moment. Requested early check in, I was there 45 mins before regular check in, said they still needed to do last minute checks. The trash was full from previous renters and in a full week no one came to collect the overflowing trash. I unfortunately left a jewelry box behind. There was zero sense of urgency in retrieving my valuables, only searched for it days after. The jewelry wasn’t worth much but had sentimental value. I received many contradicting messages, not delivering on updates and call backs. After calling them almost every day to get updates on whether it was picked up and mailed, they said it was finally mailed. Took TWO WEEKS, only to be told they “lost the tracking info” so there no proof it was even mailed. Very irresponsible staff.

Apollo S.

We have a wonderful experience at the Sterling tree house. We were there during the peak of the fall foliage. It is just spectacular everywhere you look. The home itself is an architect masterpiece. Minimalist but yet it has everything you need for your quite get away.

Diane P.

The condo was spotlessly clean. It was convenient to many activities.

I think a new Vermont law disallowed water containing a certain level PFAS to be consumed. This location was affected, thus we had to drink the water provided at the pool area. We were provided a one-gallon jug to fill each day for drinking, brushing teeth, making coffee, etc. This condo also provided two other glass jugs of water for our use.

I would stay there again even with the water issue.

Romie H.

The customer service was excellent up to point of payment and then almost non-existent. Once at the property it was rare to receive a reply to any contact by text (the method that was requested) and the office did not follow through on their commitments when we eventually spoke to them. Our feedback on a major issue was not even acknowledged.

Some aspects of the property we rented were great, but there were major problems with the heating system and the cleanliness.

We stay regularly around the world with Airbnb, VRBO, Vacasa and other independent rental companies and this was our worst ever experience. We would not recommend Stowe Country Homes to others.