Within a short walk of Lavon Lake, this vacation home is within 2 miles (3 km) of Ticky Creek Park. The vacation home includes a private pool, a kitchen, and a fireplace.
University of Texas at Dallas - 38 min drive - 28.1 miles
Galleria Dallas - 40 min drive - 35.9 miles
American Airlines Center - 49 min drive - 44.8 miles
Getting around
Love Field Airport (DAL) - 65 min drive
Restaurants
Jersey Mike's Subs - 9 min drive
McDonald's - 7 min drive
Whataburger - 8 min drive
Smokin’ S BBQ & Catering - 9 min drive
Starbucks - 8 min drive
About this property
Entire place
You'll have the entire home to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.
DFW Penrose House Swim-Up Bar Estate Sleep 28 | Weddings | Hot Tub | Mini Golf
WELCOME TO THE PENROSE HOUSE: YOUR PRIVATE MICRO-RESORT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Planning group travel shouldn't feel like project management. The Penrose House was designed to solve the biggest frustrations of hosting 28 people: where everyone sleeps comfortably, how to keep all ages entertained, and creating space for both togetherness and privacy. This isn't just a large house—it's a destination where memories happen naturally. Located on 5 private acres in Princeton, Texas, you'll feel completely secluded with no neighbors in sight, yet you're never more than 10 minutes from civilization. Minutes from McKinney's award-winning historic square and Lake Lavon's waterfront recreation, The Penrose House brings resort luxury to North Texas.
THE SWIM-UP POOL BAR THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Start your morning with coffee while your toes dip in the water. End your evening with sunset cocktails on submerged barstools. Our custom swim-up bar brings the all-inclusive resort experience to your private backyard—a feature almost never found in DFW vacation rentals. The pool complex includes:
★ Swim-up bar with submerged seating for true resort vibes ★ Tanning ledge perfect for little ones or sun-seekers ★ Luxury loungers and shaded cabanas ★ Custom LED lighting that transforms the space after dark ★ Karaoke bar container for epic singing battles with your group ★ Expansive pool deck with sweeping views of the estate and rolling Texas hills—the perfect backdrop for sundowner cocktails ★ Hot tub positioned to capture sunset views while you soak away the day
PLUS ONE LOUNGE: ENTERTAINMENT FOR EVERY GENERATION ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ━━━━━━
We built an entire 1,000 sq ft building dedicated to fun, separate from the main house so night owls and early risers coexist peacefully. Entertainment features:
★ Private cinema with tiered seating, 85" screen, and Nakamichi surround sound ★ 6 classic arcade machines: Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Street Fighter, NBA Jam, Golden Tee, and more ★ Professional pool table for legendary game nights ★ 6-person poker table with professional chips and cards ★ Basketball arcade game, shuffleboard, air hockey, and foosball ★ 35+ board games from classics like Monopoly and Scrabble to modern favorites like Catan and Codenames
OUTDOOR RECREATION BUILT IN ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ★ PICKLEBALL: Your own private regulation-size court with professional lighting for day or night play. Equipment included: professional paddles and outdoor pickleballs. This works for ages 8 to 80—grandparents can genuinely play with grandkids. ★ MINI GOLF: The 9-hole Texas-themed course features every hole themed after major Texas colleges—UT Austin, Texas A&M, Baylor, TCU and more. 3 generations can play together. Toddlers can putt, grandparents can compete, parents relax while kids are entertained for hours. ★ Park-quality playground with swings and climbing features on turf safety surface ★ Cornhole, Giant Jenga, horseshoe and lawn games ★ Elevated architectural deck with panoramic views—the perfect backdrop for ceremonies, community dining, and group photos (space for 50) ★ Outdoor shower to rinse off after pool, mini-golf, or pickleball ★ Propane fire pit pavilion with built-in seating for 28
EVERYONE GETS A REAL BED—SLEEPS 28 COMFORTABLY ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ All bedrooms feature Helix mattresses, central temperature control, and designer aesthetics. Everyone gets their own real bed—no air mattresses. This is our strict promise.
★ Primary Suite (Main Floor, Sleeps 4): King bed + Queen sofa bed | Spa ensuite with walk-in shower and soaking tub | Workstation | Direct pool access | Perfect for bride, grandparents, or VIPs ★ Main Floor Queen (Sleeps 2): Queen bed | Smart TV | Nearby bathroom | Free library for all ages ★ Hat Lady Room (Upstairs, Sleeps 2): King bed | Custom floor-to-ceiling local-artist mural | Smart TV | Ensuite vanity | Walk-in closet | Instagram-worthy ★ Italian Bunk Room (Upstairs, Sleeps 8): Two Queen-over-Queen bunks | Reading lights | Farmer's shutters | Smart TV | Ensuite vanity | Walk-in closet | Instagram-worthy ★ Dino Room (Upstairs, Sleeps 6): Queen-over-Queen + Twin-over-Twin bunks | Full-wall dinosaur murals | Kids games and books | Reading lights | Farmer's shutters | Smart TV | Ensuite vanity | Walk-in closet | Instagram-worthy ★ Blue Wave Room (Upstairs, Sleeps 2): King bed | Immersive 3D wave mural | Ensuite bathroom | Walk-in closet | Smart TV ★ Gaming Lounge (Sleeps 4): Two Queen West Elm sofa beds with premium mattresses
CHEF'S KITCHEN & DINING ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This isn't a basic rental kitchen. This is a fully equipped culinary workspace designed to handle everything from intimate family breakfasts to catered dinners for 28.
High-End Appliances: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ★ 48" professional range with 6 burners ★ Double ovens (conventional + convection) ★ Built-in 4-door French door refrigerator ★ Dedicated ice maker ★ Professional-grade dishwasher ★ Microwave
Workspace & Amenities: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Massive 12-foot center island seats 4 ★ Quartz countertops throughout ★ Deep farmhouse sink plus prep sink ★ Pot filler above range ★ Crockpot, air fryer, complete cookware ★ Full bakeware collection and blender ★ Dinnerware, glassware, and flatware for 28 ★ Serving platters and utensils ★ Salt, pepper, spices provided ★ Aluminum foil, parchment paper ★ Dishwasher pods, paper towels, trash bags
Craft Coffee Station: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Keurig with K-Cup pods ★ 12-cup drip coffee maker ★ Pour-over set and French press ★ Fresh ground coffee (light, medium, dark roast) ★ Coffee grinder ★ Premium teas ★ Sweeteners, creamers and milk frother ★ To-go cups
Dining Spaces: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Indoor: 8-person dining table | Kitchen island seats 4 | Additional counter seating ★ Outdoor: Large patio seats 24+ with outdoor TV and covered area | Bar seating for 2 at outdoor kitchen ★ Total capacity: Comfortably sit 30+ guests
Outdoor Kitchen & Grilling: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Premium gas grill ★ Big Green Egg (ceramic kamado-style grill/smoker) ★ Bar seating for 2
INCLUDED AMENITIES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Technology & Comfort: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ★ High-speed WiFi throughout ★ Central A/C with multi-zone control ★ Double full-size washer & dryer ★ All beds made, linens provided ★ Bath towels + pool towels included ★ Parking for 20+ vehicles ★ Self check-in with smart lock ★ Bluetooth speakers throughout ★ Smart TVs in every room ★ USB charging ports in bedrooms ★ Hair dryers in every bathroom ★ Luxury bath amenities ★ Professional cleaning between stays
For Families: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Pack-n-play, high chair, baby gates available ★ Free baby package: toys, books, plastic-ware, cups, bowls, plates ★ Outdoor games (cornhole, giant Jenga, horseshoe)
Guest Consumables: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Dispensable hand soap, body soap, shampoo, conditioner ★ Q-tips, cotton balls in each bathroom ★ Dishwasher pods ★ Washer pods & dryer sheets ★ K-cups, teas, sweeteners, creamer ★ Salt, pepper, spices ★ Aluminum foil, parchment paper ★ Paper towels, trash bags ★ Soft bath towels, pool towels, makeup towels
PERFECT FOR ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ★ Family Reunions: Activities for ages 2-82. Sleeps 28 without feeling cramped. The property solves the eternal reunion problem: where do we all stay that has enough to do?
★ Bachelorette Weekends: Pool bar by day, karaoke by night, hot tub under the stars. Everyone gets a real bed. Private enough for wild stories, luxe enough for Instagram.
★ Milestone Birthdays: 30th, 40th, 50th, 80th—celebrate in style with space for everyone.
★ Multi-Family Getaways: 2-4 families under one roof. Kids have playmates, parents have backup.
★ Small Weddings: Say "I do" on the deck with 50 of your favorite people, cocktails at the pool, reception by the fire pit. Sleep 28 guests on-site. (Event fees apply—please inquire)
★ Corporate Retreats: Team building on pickleball court, strategy sessions in theater, networking around fire pit. High-speed WiFi supports remote work.
★ Friend Group Getaways: Split the cost 10-15 ways. Everyone actually wants to come because the house itself is an experience.
SECURITY & SAFETY ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ For your peace of mind, external security cameras monitor the property's exterior. NO CAMERAS ARE INSIDE THE HOME. Camera placement:
★ One camera faces the entry gate ★ One camera faces the driveway ★ One camera faces the pool (required by insurance due to the swim-up bar) ★ One camera monitors the property easement fences ★ One camera monitors the back property line
All cameras are on 24/7 and record video for security purposes only.
GUEST ACCESS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ You have exclusive, private access to the entire Penrose House estate, including the main house, the 1,000 sq. ft. game lounge, the pool complex, and all outdoor grounds (pickleball, mini-golf, playground).
★ Keyless Entry: A secure, unique code is provided for seamless self-check-in ★ Parking: Ample private driveway parking for 10+ vehicles ★ Privacy: The property is fully fenced and gated for your security and seclusion Note: 3 small owner supply closets are locked and inaccessible
The vacation home is air-conditioned and features a kitchen, 3.5 bathrooms, and a balcony. There's space to spread out with 7 bedrooms and a dining area. Guests can enjoy a Smart TV and stay connected with free WiFi. Other standard amenities include a private pool, a washing machine, and a fireplace.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Wheelchair accessibility
Smoking not allowed
Services and conveniences
Iron/ironing board
Location highlights
In a rural location
Near a hospital
Near a zoo
Near an outlet shopping mall
On a lake
Things to do
Arcade/game room
Billiards/pool table
Foosball table
Gym
Tennis
Fishing nearby
Golfing nearby
Horseback riding nearby
Kayaking nearby
Swimming nearby
Theme park nearby
Safety features
Carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
First aid kit
Fire extinguisher
Deadbolt lock
General
Garden
Unit size: 5,000 square feet
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
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
Check-out instructions
The host requires you complete the following before checking out:
Remove leftover food and drinks
Lock the doors
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.
Rules
Rental Agreement A signed rental agreement is required within 48 hours of booking. Failure to sign may result in cancellation of your reservation.
Please respect the neighbors and observe quiet hours between 10:00 PM and 8:00 AM.
Pets
This property welcomes pets
Dogs only
3 total (50 lbs is the maximum weight per pet)
Service animals exempt from fees
Children and extra beds
Children allowed: ages 0-17
Events
Events allowed: family gatherings, birthday parties, weddings
Smoking
Smoking is not permitted
Important information
You need to know
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
Parties and events (including family gatherings, birthday parties and weddings) are allowed on site; maximum attendees: 37
Host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit, and a deadbolt lock
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room
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
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Minimum check-in age: 25
We should mention
Details about charges, deposits, or other important information:
This property is managed by a private host, not a professional engaged in trade or business.
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children. If you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room.
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary depending on the property's policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges, as well as a government-issued photo ID, may be required at check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in and can't be guaranteed. Certain requests may come with additional charges.
Parties and events (including family gatherings, birthday parties and weddings) are allowed on site. Maximum attendees: 37.
Onsite safety features include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a first aid kit, and a deadbolt lock.
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Frequently asked questions
What's there to do around this vacation home?
This vacation home is located in Princeton within a short 8-minute walk of Lavon Lake. You'll also find Ticky Creek Park and Culleoka Park within a short drive.
Is parking available on site at this vacation home?
No, this vacation home doesn't offer parking.
Is this vacation home adjacent to a casino?
No, this vacation home is not connected to a casino.
Will I find an indoor pool at this vacation home?
No, this vacation home doesn't have an indoor pool; however, there is a hot tub.
What will couples enjoy most about a stay at DFW Penrose House Swim-Up Bar Estate Sleep 28 | Weddings | Hot Tub | Mini Golf?
This lakeside vacation home offers many amenities for couples, including a private pool and a fireplace in each accommodation with some featuring private pools.
Are there hot tubs at DFW Penrose House Swim-Up Bar Estate Sleep 28 | Weddings | Hot Tub | Mini Golf?
Yes, guests can enjoy a spa tub at this vacation home.
Does this vacation home provide breakfast?
No, this vacation home doesn't offer breakfast.
Does this vacation home allow pets to stay free of charge?
Although dogs can't stay for free, they are welcome at this vacation home.
Does this vacation home have connecting rooms?
No, this vacation home doesn't feature connecting guestrooms.
Where is the closest airport to this vacation home?
The closest major airport to this vacation home is Love Field Airport (DAL), which is about 28.4 mi away.
Are there rooms with balconies that I can book at DFW Penrose House Swim-Up Bar Estate Sleep 28 | Weddings | Hot Tub | Mini Golf?
Yes, every accommodation at DFW Penrose House Swim-Up Bar Estate Sleep 28 | Weddings | Hot Tub | Mini Golf comes with a balcony.