Homestead Cottages

There were three of us staying in the room; Two adults and a ten-year old child. When we checked in the woman at the office was quick to tell us she had to put towels in the room. We waited then it took 2 or 3 trips back to the office to finally get 3 towels. Our room had only half a roll of toilet paper. I went to the office and asked for more and she gave more when she gave me the towels. There is no cell phone service and no phones in the room. To talk to the front desk requires walking or driving to the office. The TV didn’t work. We went to get her and she said she’d fix it while we were out to dinner. That never happened. “No signal” was all that shown on the screen. Pushing on all the buttons on the remote control didn’t help. When it came time for showers, we discovered we had no wash cloths. Because the office was closed and we couldn’t find the woman we used the kitchen towel for a wash cloth. The office driveway was gated and a car had parked blocking entrance the rest of the day. At check-in the woman was quick to tell us she was proud she had put clean sheets on the fold-out sofa bed. When the time came for bed, we found one pillow in the closet but no pillow case. Oh well. We had to use one of our t-shirts as a pillow case. On a shelf in the bedroom nightstand was a large ring of master keys for all buildings (?). The A/C doesn’t cool the cottage. It ran all afternoon and the temperature got down to 85 degrees which is better than 95 degrees outdoors in mid-June. We carry our own thermometer. When the sun went down the room lowered to 83 degrees. We opened all the windows and the refrigerator and freezer doors to cool it down to 81 degrees where it stayed all night. The cabin had a coffee pot and coffee but no cream, and no one in the office to ask. To get cream for the coffee in the morning was a 30 minute round-trip drive to the nearest Valero gas station and market. No decaf coffee either, so another drive to Oakhurst. Their Facebook and Yelp pages advertise as “Bed and Breakfast”. That’s not true. Bring your own breakfast or go to a restaurant. We have stayed here in years past several times and enjoyed it, but these incompetencies are probably the result of new ownership and new management. For $ 280 a night you’d expect more.

we had one night stay after visiting yosemite national Park, after long drive homestead easy to find from oakhurst approx 10 min drive , we were greeted when we arrived staff extremely friendly showed us stagecoach building that we had rented , beautiful building and place his huge for 2 people , on entry your welcomed with this wooden sliegh bed that i think if your 7 ft tall have no issues getting good night sleep , and the huge fireplace withlarge gas fire , there is a fully stocked kitchen fridge coffee machine, oven micro so perfect for self catering , bathroom nice powerful shower equipped with hair dryer fresh towels , the building its self is stunning with the high wooden beams and wooden cladding and out side poarch with the wooden beams right country feel to property, plenty space to park car next to property , i would highly recommend homestead just wish we had have stayed a few nights longer beautiful place to stay and quiet , there is a town oakhurst were plenty food places and petrol stations thanks to staff at homestead for welcoming stay

We stayed 3 nights in the Country Cottage and it was just perfect. Nice furnishings, comfy linens, clean, lots of space for our family of 3. The kitchen worked out perfectly for making breakfast and evening snacks. The innkeepers were FANTASTIC. Every time we asked something like "where should we take our garbage", they said "don't worry about that... we'll take care of it." I can't say enough good things about our stay.

3 night Yosemite anniversary trip could not have been better. As it turns out, the 2nd day Yosemite was snowing so we decided with walk around the highway by the cottage. We enjoyed it so much that we walked it another day as well. Service by the innkeeper was excellent and any conversation we had with her resulted in items waiting for us when we returned for our day outings. I am immunosuppressed and the staff went above and beyond to ensure that our cottage was fully sanitized. From the cottage to Yosemite Valley floor is about an hour drive. Bass Lake was a nice day trip for lunch

We spent 2 nights with other families at Homestead Cottages. I like this place instead of a big Airbnb, since every family can get their own cottage with private bath and kitchen. Still close enough for a reunion or gathering. It was a weekend getaway. We decided not to go to Yosemite and instead explore the surrounding. There was a beautiful creek called Crooks Creek just 2 minute drive from the cottage. We also explore Bass Lake which was about 20 minutes drive. It was snowing for one morning during our stay (quickly melted away), so that was definitely a bonus and highlight of the trip.

We stayed two nights at Garden cottage and Native cottage with four girl friends. Both cottages are well maintained and very clean. The innkeepers Rachel and Gary are very friendly. We cooked a couple of meals there and also ate at local restaurants. The nearby Oakhurst town has many choices for restaurants. We did not go to Yosemite but went to the Nelder Grove instead. In this season, all wild flowers and fruit trees are blooming along Road 600 but Nelder grove is still covered by snow. It is amazing to see two different seasons in one day. We had a good time there.