Caldera Springs
Sleeping arrangements for several generations
Three en-suites, a whole floor for the children, and how families actually divide the house up.
More than half the groups who book this house are travelling with three generations, and the reviews say the same thing over and over: everyone could have their own space when they wanted it, and one big room when they did not.
How the house divides
There are four bedrooms and five bathrooms. Three of the bedrooms are en-suite, which removes the usual morning negotiation entirely. One guest described it as three en-suites meaning no arguing over rooms, plus an entire upstairs for kids, and that is an accurate summary.
The upstairs loft is the children’s floor: bunk beds, a television and games, with a bathroom on the same level. In practice the cousins end up sleeping there together and the adults get their evenings back.
The study gives you one more bed for anyone who wants a quiet corner, and a desk if someone has to work.
Where everyone ends up
The great room, the kitchen and the dining table are open to one another, so cooking and eating happen together rather than in separate rooms. The dining table seats eight and opens onto the back patio, where the fire pit, the barbecue and the hot tub are.
A typical evening here is children upstairs or in the game room, adults round the fire pit. That is the whole design of the house.
The number
Ten guests, and that is the maximum we book to. It is a genuinely comfortable ten rather than a technical one, because of the bathrooms and the separate floors.