Mountain Haus Condominiums & Lodge

 

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jon w.

San Francisco, CA

12/6/2007

considering the rate ($475/night), the two bedroom / two bath mountainside condo we rented  was a killer deal  ... but ... when you book a trip to vail the first weekend of december you're taking a big risk on if there's gonna be any snow to ski/board on ... so ... the price was about right  (we got lucky and it dumped 14 inches the day we arrived and a fair amount of the front-side runs were open).

if we would have stayed during the high season ($945/night) or the holiday season ($1200/night) i would have been really pissed off w/ the accommodations. the property was probably built in the 1970's ... and it looks it. the kitchen and bathrooms in our unit had been updated sometime in the last decade, but overall the place looked worn out. at a four-star property (or so they claim) i wouldn't expect: multiple extension cords running along the living room floor to power the entertainment system, the exhaust grill in the bathroom held in place w/ strips of duct tape, a shitty paint job (doorknobs/hardware painted over and splatters/drips all over the cabinets), broken lamps, mismatched curtains, crappy old carpeting and semi-crappy old furniture).

+es:
location ... right in the middle of the village
helpful/friendly staff (day shift)
'the george' bar on the first floor w/ good prices and an unpretentious crowd

-es:
place looks old and dated (except the updated lobby, and our kitchen/bathrooms)
unhelpful/unfriendly staff (night shift)
no parking or valet (you have to park in the public lot across the street for $20/day)

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