My family of 5 stayed at Hillside Hideaway for 9 days over the July 4th holiday. We have stayed in many vacation rental cabins in Sundance and Park City areas over the years, and this cabin would rate, unfortunately, as our least liked. Because I always do extensive research on my vacations (and vacation rentals) before booking, I appreciate honest reviews and so I will give one here. There were aspects of this cabin that worked well, and other areas that need improvement.
Location- it is hard to beat. It is just a short 5 minute walk to Sundance resort thru mostly a lovely path along the river. The cabin is on a private street with little traffic (the time we were there, a home was being built up the road so much more traffic than usual I would suspect). However, there are other cabins surrounding this cabin on two sides, so you are not as secluded as the photos may indicate. The driveway is VERY steep but you can park two cars there.
The Cabin itself was of a good size for our family. The main great room had good furnishings, lovely fireplace and nice large flat screen TV with satellite (only 1 TV in the cabin). Kitchen was small, but it was well stocked. Bathrooms, although functional, needed updating. Lots of windows throughout the cabin. Vicki and Brad responded quickly to minor issues-they were great!
Outside Space: Lots of decking space with well kept hot tub (which we used at night-great star gazing), plenty of sitting areas and we loved the rocking chairs and new grill. Loved all the foliage.
What We DID NOT Like:
1. Bugs/Insects inside the cabin. We know when we rent a cabin in the woods, there are going to be some bugs, we have rented many cabins as I have said. This cabin had a TON of bugs in it. Each morning I would have to vacuum up bugs off the floor of the downstairs bath and bedroom, there were that many. Upstairs, there were also many types of insects crawling around. Needed are screens on the two patio sliders that dont have them. Truly though, this cabin needs pest control measures.
2. NO window coverings in the master bedroom OR BATH! Photos on the rental website clearly show window coverings, but there were none. That is just really unacceptable when the largest MBRM window faces the street and the other, another cabin next to it. YOU NEED WINDOW COVERINGS.
With these items corrected, we would certainly recommend this cabin.