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TV, fireplace
Terrace/patio
Interior
Fridge, microwave, oven, stovetop
5 bedrooms, desk, iron/ironing board, travel cot

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9.2 out of 10

Wonderful

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5 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 11273 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Washer
    Washer
  • Barbecue grill
    Barbecue grill
  • Outdoor space
    Outdoor space
  • Kitchen
    Kitchen
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Fireplace
    Fireplace

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Reno, NV
  • University of Nevada-Reno
    8 min walk
  • The Sands Casino
    12 min walk
  • Riverwalk District
    14 min walk
  • Reno, NV (RNO-Reno-Tahoe Intl.)
    7 min drive

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

The Historic Stone House-Walk to UNR, Sleeps 11

Built in 1925, this beautiful property was designed by Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps, one of the most prolific architects of the southwest. The unique architecture and vintage charm will make you feel like you’ve taken a step back in time. Its historic appeal, unique history, great amenities, and amazing location make this spacious home the perfect Reno getaway.

With five bedrooms and two baths, this newly remodeled house offers more than enough room to spread out and relax. Inviting touches can be found throughout the entire home, but are especially prevalent in the open and inviting living room. You’ll love spending time in this charming room, which features a beautiful stone fireplace, tasteful decor, comfortable furniture, and original exposed beams. These beams were extracted from the Virginia City silver mines and are a true piece of American history built right into the home.

The dining room, which opens to the living area, provides gorgeous overhead lighting and a large, stylish dining table. Spend your evenings playing board games or enjoy a delicious dinner in this spacious, elegant room.

The bright and open kitchen provides everything you’ll need to whip up a tasty meal. With brand new appliances, beautiful cabinetry and new fixtures, you’ll enjoy cooking together in this charming space.

Each of the five bedrooms are tastefully decorated and have an updated 1920’s vibe. Two primary bedrooms feature comfortable beds and lovely decor. The other three bedrooms also offer an amazing place to wake up in the morning, with comfortable beds and an inviting feel. Both bathrooms are conveniently located. The upstairs bathroom features a tub/ shower combination and the downstairs bathroom provides a shower. A laundry room with a washer and dryer are available for your convenience.

The interior of the home is beautiful, but the exterior easily rivals its charm. The inviting backyard is completely fenced in so you can enjoy games or relaxing with the entire family. Keep everyone entertained with the horseshoe pit and firepit. Revel in the lush landscape, pergola, cafe lights. Sit down and unwind at dinner outside at the custom farm table and benches.

The cottage-style home looks like something out of a fairy tale. The beautiful stonework, exposed beams, and vintage windows are one-of-a-kind. The lush vines climbing the side of the home add to the appeal.

Though you’ll love this property itself, you might love the location even more. Nestled in a peaceful neighborhood, but with amazingly easy access to downtown Reno and the University of Nevada, The Stone House offers the best of both worlds. Enjoy city views through the windows while also being just steps away from beautiful Whitaker Park, which features BBQ grills, picnic areas, tennis courts, and playgrounds for the kids. You’ll also be near a variety of restaurants, casinos, museums, golf courses, gardens, malls, hiking trails, and other attractions. Located next to several major freeways, enjoy easy access to Lake Tahoe, ski resorts, and Virginia City. Whether staying in Reno for work and play, you’ll love being close to it all.

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*If you need more space, please see our adjacent home, Minerva House (48985245) We also have a listing for both homes. Stone Minerva Estate. (49513921)

Property Highlights:
Historic Charm and Character (Built in 1925)
AMAZING Access to Downtown and University
Inviting backyard with entertainment and relaxation
Perfect for Larger Groups
Easy Access to Freeways

Sleeping Arrangements
Bedroom 1 – Queen Bed with TV (Sleeps 2)
Bedroom 2 – Full Bed (Sleeps 2)
Bedroom 3 – Queen Bed (Sleeps 2)
Bedroom 4 – Twin Bed (Sleeps 1)
Bedroom 5 – 2 Full Beds ( Sleeps 4)

Location
Nearest Supermarket – less than 5-minute drive to Raley’s
Distance to Airport – about 10-minute drive to Reno-Tahoe International Airport

Nearby Attractions
University of Nevada, Reno – about 10-minute walk
​​​​​​​Downtown Reno-less than a 5-minute drive (within walking distance)
The Ranch Disc Golf Course – 5-minute drive
National Automobile Museum – about a 5-minute drive
The Discovery - Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum- about 5-minute drive
Lake Tahoe –only about a 45-minute drive

---Things to Note---
1. Car is necessary. Parking is only allowed on the street with 4 cars max.
2. Front door has a ring doorbell.
3. Any unauthorized moving of furniture may result in an additional cleaning fee charge. If furniture is moved it must be put back in its original place PRIOR to check out.
4. Fireplaces are for decorative use only at this time.
5. The owner requires an additional screening form after booking.
6. No smoking inside the home (including vaping).
7. No pets allowed. The owner is extremely allergic to pets of any kind.
8. Please remove your shoes before you enter the home.
9. Extra Guest Fee - $35 per stay for every 1 guest above 8, up to the property max.

You’ll love this beautiful rural area and location. Native wildlife and insects share this amazing world too. To keep out the wildlife, bugs and critters, please remember to close doors and windows that don’t have screens on them. Don’t leave food out or crumbs on the counters, tables, furniture or beds to help keep those unwanted pests out. The home and property is treated regularly, seeing dead bugs doesn’t mean there is an infestation but that the treatment is working.
During your stay at this vacation home, you're just a quick walk from University of Nevada-Reno. The vacation home offers a kitchen and 2 bathrooms.
  • Air-conditioned home with kitchen, washing machine, and 2 bathrooms
  • Just a 5-minute drive from Grand Sierra Resort Casino and 8 minutes from Peppermill
This vacation home offers its guests barbecue grills and a garden. The front desk is open around the clock.

Property manager

Rental Advisor

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Ski

  • Close to skiing

Internet

  • WiFi available

Parking and transport

  • Car recommended

Kitchen

  • Fridge
  • Stovetop
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Dishwasher
  • Spices
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Toaster
  • Cookware/dishes/utensils

Dining

  • Dining table

Bedrooms

  • 5 bedrooms
  • Bed sheets provided

Bathrooms

  • 2 bathrooms
  • Bath or shower
  • Towels provided
  • Hairdryer

Living spaces

  • Fireplace

Entertainment

  • TV
  • Games

Outdoor areas

  • Patio
  • Barbecue
  • Garden
  • Firepit

Laundry

  • Washing machine and dryer
  • Near coin laundry

Work spaces

  • Desk
  • Desk chair

Comfort

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Suitability/Accessibility

  • Smoke-free property

Services and conveniences

  • Iron/ironing board

Location highlights

  • On the lake
  • In the city centre
  • Near a health or beauty spa
  • Near a hospital
  • Near a zoo

Things to do

  • Fitness facilities nearby
  • Casino nearby
  • Snowmobiling nearby
  • Fishing nearby
  • Mountain biking nearby
  • Swimming nearby
  • Golf nearby
  • Hiking nearby
  • Winery tours nearby
  • Hiking/biking trails nearby

Safety features

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

General

  • Unit size: 2943 sq ft (273 sq m)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 25

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 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 professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
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
Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated 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.

Property is also known as

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The Historic Stone House-Walk to UNR, Sleeps 11 Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 26 out of 36 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 36 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 36 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 36 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 36 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Gretchen S.

Liked: Cleanliness
Unique, beautiful home with great backyard
Very cool historic house with a great back yard. Large and comfortable living area. Newly updated. Back yard is great for hanging out. Minor issue noted on checkin was quickly addressed by owner and local manager. If you are not familiar with Reno, it is located near the university and on the same street as some university housing. Although a somewhat busy street, it was overall quiet in the house, except for a few hours of music from across the street one night. We always had space in front of the house for our cars to park on the street.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brooks W.

Liked: Cleanliness
CGW Family Golf Reunion
Our family truly enjoyed our stay at the Stone House.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Samantha D.

Liked: Cleanliness
Great place to stay
We loved this house! A short distance from downtown/midtown and a beautiful backyard for gathering- will definitely be back!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

Heidi L.

Liked: Cleanliness
Lovely Home, Convenient Location
This is a historic home built in the 1920s and the house itself is fantastic. There are nice entertaining areas both outside and in the family room. The upstairs bathroom is roomy, the downstairs one a little small, but useable. The bedrooms were well situated and all were well appointed and comfortable. The outside area with the massive picnic table, grill, fire pit, and games were great! The kitchen is small but useable, although there were not many pots and pans - we bought a couple to use and left them for the next guests. Overall, we loved staying here, other than the one oddity to me - it's very clear in the listing that quiet hours are 8 pm - 9 am, so we assumed it was in a quiet neighborhood. Imagine our surprise to arrive and find that it was in the middle of a number of fraternity houses. Our stay was over a weekend, and on Saturday night one of our rental cars was egged and there were parties everywhere. It's not unexpected behavior for college students and good on them for enjoying life! But I wish we had been better informed about the location. Overall, the house was fantastic, and we would likely stay here again over the summer, but I don't know that we would repeat the experience during the school year over a weekend. We only had to call the property manager once at the very beginning of the stay and they were easily accessible and solved the issue immediately (the alarm was set and we did not have the access code).
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Johnny G.

Liked: Cleanliness
Good times
We came for the Hot August nights car show. Great proximity to downtown. Clean comfortable. The parking in front is perfect for truck trailer & extra car. Thanks so much.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Clarisa N.

Liked: Cleanliness
Very satisfied!
We had a wonderful stay over memorial weekend for the national bowling tournament. Very close and easy to get to bowling alley. Check in/ check out super easy! I'd stay there again in a heartbeat!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Amilkar O.

Liked: Cleanliness
Awesome stone house
I was worried at first when I had seen some of the comments about the house but after staying there, I really enjoyed it didn’t have an issue and really like the way the house felt
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Erica A.

Liked: Cleanliness
Great stay!!!
This was a cute home with so much character. Loved the living room area. Great place to bbq outside and relax.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Donna M.

Liked: Cleanliness
Christmas family Reunion at home on way to Mt Rose
Great!!! Good location. Clean and cute. Nicely decorated and furnished. Lots of extras in the kitchen; pots and pans, spices, condiments. We served a lovely meal for 13 one night. Seven of our party stayed at our nieces' home on the way to Mt Rose. Nine of us stayed in the Stone House. It would be lovely to be there in the summer because there was a great patio and yard with a bbq. Highly recommended.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2022

4/10 Poor

Allan W., Reno, Nevada

No hot water and no TV cable until our final day
We rented the Stone House for a family Thanksgiving which included people from all over the world, ages 4 yo to 88 y.o. Bevause of its age, the property does have some charm but it's tired and needs attention. There are only two small bathrooms, one upstairs and the second bathroom is literally in the kitchen. We experience very low water pressure and cold showers each day, just not good for our elders and little ones. The door knobs are originals and aren't properly tightened so they would often come off. Finally, the television cable for the great room didn't work until our final day. Typically not a big deal but when entertaining a multi-generational group, it's pivotal. Especially during the World Cup and holiday football. The owner did get Spectrum out to fix it on the third day but the experience was not worth the price.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Debbie H.

Liked: Cleanliness
Beautiful Historic Home
We loved our stay at the stone house. Parking wasn't an issue even with the frat house Halloween parties in the area. Loved the large common areas. Would definitely book a stay again.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Susan M., Barnstable MA

Liked: Cleanliness
A great wedding weekend
We had an excellent experience at The Stone House. There were six adults and two children. Our only issue was that it was a lot of people sharing the bathroom on the second floor and the downstairs bathroom is quite small. But the common spaces were usable and comfortable, including a big living room, dining table and the outside patio with the fire pit and big table. The kitchen was also good. It's an old house so has some quirks, such as a shortage of closets and the fact that most of the windows were sealed shut (air conditioning/heat worked fine). But the beds were comfortable, the bedrooms pretty roomy (except for the single) and the area, despite being in the middle of UNR's fraternity row, was amazingly quiet. (School was not in session.) The location was handy to downtown and we had no issues with parking but again, school was not in session. The rental company was very responsive to our questions. It was an easy house for accommodating a number of people since the living area was separate from most of the bedrooms.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

Zack R.

Liked: Cleanliness
Nice place, but some items not disclosed
The property is very pretty on the face of it, and as far as location it's solid. However, it is not disclosed that this property is on fraternity row. It wasn't really an issue, but it was weird that this wasn't mentioned. I suppose it would be off-putting to some. The house itself was nice, although the kitchen was really small and lacking ANY barbeque utensils. There was a closet that said "BBQ utensils" that was empty. Someone probably ransacked it. The second bathroom you have to be a ninja to get into because it's so tiny. The heating is a bit bizarre. Some rooms were really warm, while the others were freezing. Some of our guests had to sleep without covers, while others were begging for more. Interestingly, there was a really big rat in the backyard that was hanging out periodically. A propane bbq would be nice. I don't want to diminish the quality of the stay. It was indeed nice, but I think a bit oversold with pictures and descriptions for what it was in reality.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ryan H.

Liked: Cleanliness
Nice
Cute house
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Scott W.

Liked: Cleanliness
Nice place
We enjoyed our visit. The house is very unique which made it enjoyable overall. Backyard is awesome. The downstairs bathroom attached to the kitchen is quite narrow but we managed. Only minor suggestion to property managers/owners is upgrade the welcome gift if you are going to continue to do this. A couple of store bought individual highly preserved danishes does not leave a great impression.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Lindsay M.

Liked: Cleanliness
Amazing stay
This place was just as good or better than shown on the website. Our whole family stayed and we were walking distance to the Hot Air Balloon Festival
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Patricia R.

Liked: Cleanliness
Stone house
very nice to stay and will use VRBO in the future. The shower downstairs has the hot and cold water backwards and needs to be looked at
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Anthony P.

Liked: Cleanliness
Phenomenal home
The home was beautiful and as advertised. Me and my family enjoyed a great vacation. The backyard was very cozy and was perfect for our large family. Thank you for a pleasant experience.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Christina W.

Liked: Cleanliness
Historic home close to downtown
We enjoyed our stay here and it was convenient to everywhere we wanted to go. Because it is a historic home, it is unique. We loved the backyard.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Leticia B.

Liked: Cleanliness
Excelente location, clean
My family and I really enjoyed staying at this property. It was extremely clean, had all the commodities we needed and had plenty of space. The rooms were cute and modern. The living room was spacious and the perfect spot to be with family. The outdoor space was also a huge plus. We really enjoyed our stay and would highly recommend it.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Liked: Cleanliness
Roomy for family reunion
Old cousins (60 years +) gathered here to catch up and share stories. The living room and beautiful backyard were perfect for our group and we cooked all of our meals in the well-stocked kitchen. The house is split level so stairs are mandatory which was challenging for those in their 80’s. But our 90 year old made it downstairs where the kitchen, living room, 1 bedroom and bath meant she didn’t have to use the stairs but once to get in and settled. Each room had its own AC which was very nice. Thanks for a great stay and great memories!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mary G.

Liked: Cleanliness
The Stonehouse
Absolutely loved this place! Beautifully maintained, lots of room! Lots of amenities, would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2021

4/10 Poor

Corina H., San Bruno

Liked: Cleanliness
Disappointed
The house is fine, but for the cost I would expect higher grade amenities. My biggest issue is that we did not have hot water for the entire stay. Even after a plumber visited. I would expect some sort of refund, although no communication from the owners have been forthcoming. The house was also quite cold and the master bedroom had no heat whatsoever and inadequate bedding. Would not stay here again.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2020

8/10 Good

William L.

Liked: Cleanliness
Big house, good location and lots of beds
Overall happy with stay but dishwasher did not work as well as I would have liked and shower was either super hot or super cold
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

John M.

Liked: Cleanliness
Cool historic house
Great getaway on UNR campus near downtown Reno. Clean and cool. Spacious common area and many independent rooms. Thank you!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2020