This place was a perfect fit for us! We needed a place in Southwest Houston to spend the Christmas holiday, preferably with a pool & an open floor plan to have our family Christmas together. We found that, & more, at this property with Alex.
Alex is a wonderful & sincere host, & he's a big reason we will be returning next time we are in Houston. The house has three bedrooms on either side of the high-ceilinged great room. This large area includes a beautiful kitchen with an enormous central isl&, a family room with several couches, & a side area next to the kitchen with another couch & coffee table--tons of room. Houston has a large number of great & diverse restaurants, but this trip, we did our own cooking. The kitchen was well stocked, there is a Kroger about 8 minutes away, & we filled the large modern fridge to its bursting point for the 9 days we were there. The beds were comfortable & the hot water never-ending. We arrived during an unexpected cold snap, but the central air/heating did its job.
But the jewel of this place was its in-ground pool, complete with a fountain & 3 small decorative waterfalls. We worked with Alex in advance & he had the pool heated for us when we arrived. (You'll need to notify him if you want the pool heated. See the details of this property for info). We spent almost every day in or around the pool. We live in Michigan & it was fantastic to soak in a heated pool, & on the warmer days, to lounge about in the sun. There are two grills on the patio, & we used them a few times for winter cookouts. Just being able to spend most of our time outdoors was a luxury we normally don't have at Christmas! :-)
The place is in a quiet neighborhood, but it never took us more than 15 minutes to get anywhere we wanted to go. This included an evening trip to the Houston Zoo to see the Christmas Zoo lights, as well as a few shopping excursions, including one to the Galleria.
Since we did most of our cooking & eating here, we did find a need for a few more pieces of silverware in the kitchen. Within an hour of talking to Alex, we had another full set of silverware in our h&s, delivered by his wonderful helper Beatriz. Alex checked on us a few times via text over the nine days to ensure we were doing ok. It was a nice touch & we felt well taken care of.
Besides the quiet location, beautiful patio an pool, and the open floor plan, it was Alex that made this a perfect 5-star stay for us. Take my word: this is the place to stay!