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Your "Home Away From Home"-Rustic Alaskan Home

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Terrace/patio
TV, fireplace, Netflix, streaming services
TV, fireplace, Netflix, streaming services
Microwave, dishwasher, coffee/tea maker, cookware/dishes/utensils

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional

Entire home

3 bedrooms3 bathroomsSleeps 10242 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Hot tub
  • Parking available
  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Fireplace
  • Barbecue grill

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Soldotna, AK
  • Soldotna Regional Sports Complex
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Soldotna Creek Park
    ‪10 min drive‬
  • Kenai Peninsula College Fishing Academy
    ‪14 min drive‬
  • Kenai, AK (ENA-Kenai Municipal)
    ‪24 min drive‬

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About this property

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You'll have the entire home to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Your "Home Away From Home"-Rustic Alaskan Home


Welcome! Are you looking to stay in a private, beautifully treed Alaskan setting? We offer a beautiful, rustic 2600 square foot custom home featuring 3 spacious bedrooms, 3 baths and a loft. Our home comfortably sleeps 8 people and there is plenty of room for extra guests if needed.

There is a fire pit located in the lower front yard with plenty of firewood to relax in the evening and swap stories of your experiences during the day. Large ample parking available on-site. The two large bedrooms contain two full beds each (new!) with a total of four beds!! The loft has a couch where you can have time alone to read a good book and enjoy the cool breeze coming through the window. The master bedroom has a queen bed, full master bath complete with Jacuzzi tub and a balcony. A back deck with a gas grill is provided for your use to cook that fresh salmon steak you caught or purchased earlier in the day.

In order to keep the bears away, there are no provisions to clean fish on site. We will be happy to provide information where you can get your fish processed locally in the Soldotna/Kenai area. Two freezers will be available to store your fish if needed.

Laundry facilities are available and the house is completely stocked with linens, towels and dishes for your use. We offer a TV in each bedroom with Netflix to wind down your day with a good movie or documentary. We also supply wireless WiFi. (Please remember I have raised my family here and have had animals in the past. Every bed is new and has been replaced. There is new bedding-sheets, blankets and comforters. The home is professionally cleaned every year and after every guest. Every effort is made to have it clean for past, current and future guests).

We are conveniently and centrally located 4 miles south of Soldotna, 70 miles from Homer, 10 miles from Kenai and 50 miles from the Russian River. The Kasilof River is just ten miles away with beach access located at Mile 4 from the South K-Beach/Sterling Highway intersection. Homer is just 75 minutes away for all your deep sea fishing experiences. Enjoy what our towns have to offer with unlimited and unique gift shops for the folks back home, quaint restaurants and shopping for the basic supplies to make your trip complete. Go carve your own wooden bowl from our Alaskan birch trees. There is unlimited fishing, kayaking, and hiking opportunities with a 26 mile loop bike pathway connecting Soldotna and Kenai for walking, jogging or riding your bike. For those who enjoy a good game of golf, we have three courses where you can make your selection.

There are beaches where you can look for unique agates or unusual rocks or you can watch the local setnetters and dipnetters fill their nets with salmon.

If you are looking for a quiet place to relax in the evenings, make your reservation with us. We will be happy to assist you in any way we can as we will be staying nearby to help make your stay enjoyable. It will be your "home away from home" where you will want to kick your feet up and relax. Isn't that what a vacation is all about?
During your stay at this holiday home, you'll be close to Tsalteshi Ski Trails. Enjoy features like 1 hot tub and laundry facilities. The holiday home offers 3 bathrooms and a fireplace.
  • The holiday home offers a washing machine, 3 bathrooms and a fireplace
  • Amenities include laundry facilities
  • 7 minutes by car from Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and 8 minutes from Kenai River
Your "Home Away From Home"-Rustic Alaskan Home offers its guests a hot tub, barbecue grills, and laundry facilities. The front desk is open around the clock.

Property manager

Gayle D. Koger

Languages

English

Property amenities

Pool/Spa

  • Hot tub

Internet

  • Available in the house: WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Car required
  • Onsite parking options include a garage

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Dishwasher
  • Freezer
  • Microwave

Bedrooms

  • 3 bedrooms
  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • 3 bathrooms
  • Hair dryer
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Fireplace
  • Wood stove

Entertainment

  • Netflix
  • Streaming services
  • TV

Outdoor areas

  • Balcony
  • Firepit
  • Gas grill
  • Yard

Laundry

  • Laundry facilities
  • Washing machine

Comfort

  • Heating

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Suitability/Accessibility

  • Smoke-free property

Services and conveniences

  • Iron/ironing board

Location highlights

  • Near a health/beauty spa
  • Near a hospital

Things to do

  • Birdwatching nearby
  • Fishing nearby
  • Hiking/biking trails nearby
  • Kayaking nearby
  • Motor boating nearby
  • Mountain biking nearby
  • Mountain climbing nearby
  • Rafting nearby
  • Swimming nearby
  • Wildlife walks nearby

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
  • Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)

General

  • Unit size: 2,600 square feet

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a private host (a party not acting within their trade, business or profession). EU consumer law, including the right of withdrawal, will not apply to your booking. The cancellation policy set by the private host will cover your booking.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Parties and events are allowed on site
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation
You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions. You will also receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, which will enable you to manage your booking.

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Your "home Away From Home"-rustic Alaskan Home Soldotna

Your "Home Away From Home"-Rustic Alaskan Home Reviews

Reviews

10

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 20 out of 22 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 2 out of 22 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 22 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 22 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 22 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Sharisa K., WILLOWS

Liked: Cleanliness

Lovely Setting, Beautiful House

Quiet and private setting. Beautiful home as seen in pictures. Extra comfy with both floor heat and baseboard heaters. No icy cold tile floors here!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christina M.

Liked: Cleanliness

Fishing vacation headquarters!

Great stay in the Kenai with this house as our home base for family vacation. The house was nice for our family of 6. The extra freezer space was amazing and allowed us to have room to freeze the 150 lbs of fish we caught and had packaged.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Charles H.

Liked: Cleanliness

Kenai Dream Vacation

This was a great location for us as we were close to Soldotna which had all of our shopping needs. It is also centrally located for Kenai fishing, Homer and Seward sight seeing and fishing as well. The home had all of the privacy that you want yet close to town. Gayle was great through out our stay.
Stayed 19 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lou Ann W.

Liked: Cleanliness

Alaskan feel log cabin

Beautiful house, and all the conveniences needed. Clean & homey feeling. Great place for our group!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Connie T.

Great Location

Love the cabin feel of this property. The kitchen, living room, and dining areas are all in one big open area as you enter. It was great being able to all be together and having an area big enough for all 7 of us to sit comfortably. We were a group of two families with our adult children, ages 19-23. We especially loved being able to see the mama moose and her two calves that came by two times. We were able to watch them safely from the home's balcony and from inside thru the windows. We would love to visit this property again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tim N.

Liked: Cleanliness

Soldotna Retreat

Very nice cabin. Well maintained, very clean with close access to Soldotna.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl R.

Liked: Cleanliness

Loved this home

Great location. Plenty of yard for the grandkids to play. Well stocked kitchen. Plenty of room in the house to spread out. Would stay here again.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Thomas N., Orlando

Liked: Cleanliness

Norton stay

Great stay, would definetly stay here again. Location was close enough for all your needs. Wonderful wildlife viewing area.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Steve I.

Liked: Cleanliness

Unique and Comfortable

We had 6 guys staying in Alaska to go fishing. This place is located in a great place to get to Homer and around Soldontna. Spacious living area and plenty of bed space. The fire pit area was a favorite in the evening to talk about the days activities and enjoy the outdoors. Communication with Gayle was easy and responsive, great owner.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jessica S.

Great home

Awesome location
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

JONATHAN S., Detroit MI

Liked: Cleanliness

Great place to stay!

My family of 5, and I had a great time staying here. We found the house exactly as advertised. It was clean, and well outfitted with everything you could ask for, even a great fire pit. Gayle, our host was very helpful in making suggestions for everything, from glacier cruises, to salmon fishing, and restaurants. We enjoyed several of her recommendations. Would not hesitate to stay there again. Really enjoyed our visit!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Bill K.

Liked: Cleanliness

50th anniversary family trip

We took our family to our favorite destination, Alaska to celebrate our 50th anniversary. We greatly enjoyed Gayle’s home as it allowed for gathering space as well as places for a little private time. I highly recommend!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Paul B.

Liked: Cleanliness

Great location

This was a very nice place to stay for a few days of fishing
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Susie K.

Cozy and quiet

Gayle was such a gracious host. On a day that threw a lot of obstacles her way, she made sure we had what we needed to make our stay great. Bonus was the cow (Moose) with her two babies that showed up in the back yard in the morning...so cool! The house is very comfortable and was in a perfect location for us to get to our fishing excursion.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Billie H.

Liked: Cleanliness

Beautiful

The property was beautiful and the house was great. Would love to stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Michael P., Minnesota

Great home, enjoyed everything

Excellent
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Melissa A.

Nice home, nice property!

What a great home and vacation property. Well equipped and very homey!! We had everything we needed and more. Thank You
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Rae R.

Beautiful home. Spacious and comfortable.

Was so nice to have the fire pit and enough space to get together comfortably. The only thing I would suggest is to let people know that the house has had pets living inside. We have two people with asthma and pet allergies that had a hard time breathing. Luckily, the weather was nice and we were able to spend most days out of doors. Thanks for all the cooking utensils, etc. We are a family of cooks!
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Maria S.

Good

Very beautiful place love it👍
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Roger S.

Nice calm location away from the town but close enough to get all the supplies needed.

Nice and spacious house. Perfect for big group. Very well supplied, kitchen is well supplied to allow great cooking ( appreciated the variety of spices available). Gayle’s welcome pies were wonderful to have for our first day after a long journey and so delicious! We Iiked the somewhat center location of the house on the Kenai peninsula to be able to do day trips to different towns ( Seward, homer, hope...). Gayle is always available for questions and help if needed.
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

john m.

great house

had everything we needed and owner is very responsive and nice
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Dennis T.

Luxury Alaska living! Beautiful, comfortable, lots of room!

Luxurious Alaska living, beautiful setting comfortable beds and pillows. Great outdoor firepit and fully equipped kitchen. Lots of room to spread out. We loved staying on this end of the city so the guys could go fishing without having to drive through town! Gayle is a precious lady, extra nice and friendly! She even baked us some delicious homemade pie! We will be coming back here! Dennis & Annette
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2017