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The Sawtelle House: in the heart of the UA and 4th Ave districts

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Reviews

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
3 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 6139.4 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Dryer
  • Parking available
  • Washer
  • Pet-friendly
  • Kitchen
  • Barbecue grill

Explore the area

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Tucson, AZ
  • University of Arizona
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Rialto Theatre
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Tucson Convention Center
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Tucson, AZ (TUS-Tucson Intl.)
    ‪16 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Master bedroom

1 King Bed

Queen bedroom

1 Queen Bed

Study

1 Double Futon

2 bathrooms

Dining room bathroom

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Master bathroom

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Separate dining area

About this property

The Sawtelle House: in the heart of the UA and 4th Ave districts

The Sawtelle House, built in 1906 and located on the bustling corner of University Blvd and 4th Ave, is now available for private, overnight stays and sleeps up to six. The Master bedroom includes a King Sized bed, the second bedroom has a Queen. The Study has a couch which converts into a Queen Bed. The Dining Room seats up to eight. The front porch is perfect for relaxing while watching life on the Avenue. Check in begins at 3:00 pm (no later than 10 pm) and check out is 10:00 am. Welcome!

Property manager

Ian Boelts
Premier Host

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Amenities

Kitchen
Washer
Dryer
Pet-friendly
Free WiFi
Air conditioning

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House Rules

Check in after 3:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 10:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
Rental rates include up to FOUR guests. Two additi
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Pets

Pets allowed
One dog, 25 lbs or smaller is allowed.
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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
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Note from host: Rental rates include up to FOUR guests. Two additi
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock

About the area

Tucson

Located in Tucson, this holiday home is in the city centre. Shoppers can check out Tucson Mall, while everyone can enjoy the natural beauty of Saguaro National Park and Sabino Canyon. Check out an event or a game at Tucson Convention Center, and consider making time for Pima Air and Space Museum, a top attraction not to be missed. Take the opportunity to explore the area for outdoor excitement like cycling and other activities like birdwatching.
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Tucson, AZ

What's nearby

  • University of Arizona - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Rialto Theatre - 13 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Fox Theatre - 20 min walk - 1.7 km
  • Tucson Convention Center - 3 min drive - 2.3 km
  • Arizona Stadium - 3 min drive - 2.0 km

Getting around

  • Tohono Transit Center - 9 min drive
  • Tucson Station - 14 min walk
  • Tucson International Airport (TUS) - 16 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Corbett brewery - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Time Market - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Bison Witches Bar & Deli - ‬9 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is The Sawtelle House: in the heart of the UA and 4th Ave districts pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at The Sawtelle House: in the heart of the UA and 4th Ave districts?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at The Sawtelle House: in the heart of the UA and 4th Ave districts?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is The Sawtelle House: in the heart of the UA and 4th Ave districts located?

Located in Midtown, this holiday home is within a 15-minute walk of 4th Avenue and University of Arizona. Centennial Hall and Rialto Theatre are also within 15 minutes. Tucson Station is 14 minutes by foot.

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 50 out of 58 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 58 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 58 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 58 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 58 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Liz V.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Home away from home

I know it's a cliche to say it's a home away from home but The Sawtelle house truly was. Comfortable beds, large washrooms, fully stocked kitchen!! Or host was accessible but not too accessible, of you know what I mean. Perfect!kitchen
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

leigh ann d.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Love this place. The owners are awesome

Its wonderful
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Aaron B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent Location and Host

This is an amazing property in an excellent location. It offers access to great food and entertainment. The host is quick to help with any needs, and I can’t recommend this place enough!
Stayed 13 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Aaron B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Return Stay

I loved it so much I came back!
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Robert M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice historic home

Excellent access to AZ University and variety of restaurants and bars on 4th Ave. Free trolley runs right by the property and takes riders to University and down 4th Ave.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rachel T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful house in a fabulous location

What a comfortable place to spend ten days! The kitchen is well-equipped with great workspace. There's an office (aka second bedroom) for the laptop. The living room has cozy couches for reading. The king-sized bed is great. The bathrooms work well. The dining table is perfect for meals. Ian is a responsive host and is right there if you need him but respects your privacy otherwise. The house is half a block from the tram and an easy walk to downtown and to the university if you don't want to take the tram. The hiking in Tucson, the art and the general ambience is terrific. We had a great stay.
Stayed 10 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

leigh ann d.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Best vrbo rental ever!

Awesome property
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

RaeAnn V., St. Cloud, MN.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Tucson Festival if Books trip

Great location to access the festival in addition to easy access restaurants and tourist attractions. Clean and comfortable accommodations . Enjoyed our stay here and would return.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lisa Hamilton R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Convenient & Comfortable

Perfect spot for family visiting to attend graduation at University of Arizona. Left the car parked and took the Sun Link for graduation ceremonies, easy walking to restaurants. Very clean and comfortable, wish we’d found this sooner!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

leigh ann d.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

great place great host

it was a prefect 10
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Heather C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

U of A move-in Day

Great location! Great little place to stay! Clean! Beds are comfortable!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Steve F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Tucson university

Location location location
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kim S., Tempe

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful home and fantastic location

We have stayed in this home numerous times and will definitely stay there again. It is clean, comfortable, and the location is perfect to walk to all of the restaurants and shops on 4th Ave. The hosts have made this a wonderful space that feels cozy and inviting.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Hilary R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great property and wonderful host!

This is the third time we have rented this house and every time we have a terrific time. The location is perfect for the things we like to do (close to museums, university campus, restaurants, theaters, public transportation, natural beauty, freeway access). The house is always clean and well stocked so if you want to cook it’s easy to do so. Best of all the host is the perfect combination of respecting your privacy and being responsive to whatever you might need.
Stayed 14 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Hilary R.

Fabulous historic home in great location!

We loved our stay in this wonderful home that is in the heart of the West University neighborhood. The streetcar stops are just a block away in two directions, it’s an easy walk to downtown or the university, and the freeways are nearby. And the house is right across the street from a terrific cafe that opens early and closes in the early evening. The house is very comfortable, nicely decorated, and very clean. Wireless is great and extends to the front porch, which is a nice place to sit and relax. Ian was the perfect host. We would love to rent the house again.
Stayed 9 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jerry J., Boerne, TX

Great location, close to everything

The house was really nice, good clean furniture, original artwork that is for sale on the walls. It is located a few hundred yards from a Sunlink light rail stop that makes it easy to get to downtown and the university. An excellent coffee shop and bar directly across the street. Walking distance to numerous restaurants and bars (and even downtown). As it is centrally located it can be noisy at night, but we did stay during UA homecoming and Halloween weekend. However, the location more than made up for any noise issues. Having some coffee or tea in the house would be great as there aren't really any stores nearby and it would have been nice not to have to walk out for coffee every morning.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Joan r., Longmont

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication

Good Location

WE booked for 11 days during the Gem Show. The location was within a block of the streetcar stop, which went directly to the Convention Center, so that was very handy and fun to ride with the UA college students. We enjoyed the coffee shop across the street, the comfortable beds and linens, and the well-stocked kitchen. The owner responded quickly when we asked for some additional kitchen supplies. On the con side, the funiture was not comfortable, and was dated. Also on some nights, our sleep was disrupted with drag racing on 4th Avel; probably not a probem for short term stays. We didn't use the windowless large dining room, but thought it would make a great tv/theater room!
Stayed 11 nights in Jan 2023

4/10 Poor

Ronald K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Bitter Sweet

Overall this house is nice and a good location. I don't prefer to have cameras in the house or little signs telling me how to flush, use the ac and almost everything. The cameras only point at the front and back doors from the inside but I still don't like them. Unfortunately it was family weekend and we had a few too many people over. While everything was being conducted respectfully the owner was not happy with me. Ian I apologize again for the party. However we left the house perfect and were blamed for breaking a doorknob that is not used for locking the house. It didn't work great to start but I figured it was old and was not a locking lock anyway and did not report it. There was not physical damage so I guess it didn't turn well enough when we left. In the future I'll be sure to request permission from owners to have people over.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Michelle T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Enjoyed Our Stay!

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

leigh ann d.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

We love this place!

Amazing
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lisa G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location, close to campus and lots of activity

We really enjoyed our stay. Ian was very responsive. We appreciated the amenities like coffee, tea and quite a few spices, Kleenexes, shampoo and the card and board games. No conditioner, which we ended up having to purchase so just something to note if you stay here. Highly recommend this location and Maggie's Cafe just across the street. We went there for breakfast 3 mornings in a row. :)
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Karen A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Convenient Location for UofA Visits

We booked this property to visit the UofA with our daughter. Check-in was simple. The house was clean and has plenty of space for everyone to be comfortable. The floorplan is a bit funky but that's typical of a 100-yr. old home which this is. The location is super convenient for visits to the UofA, Fourth Avenue and downtown. The streetcar goes right by throughout the day and night and you can walk pretty much everywhere. As some other reviews have mentioned, it can get quite noisy at night, as the restaurant across the street played loud music until around 10pm and there was a lot of car/motorcycle activity until around 2am. But we expected that and just turned on some extra fans to drown out the noise and it was manageable. There is a tv but there isn't cable to watch lots of channels so we headed down to a local bar to watch some football which was just fine. Owner was very responsive throughout the booking process and stay. All in all we enjoyed our stay and would gladly visit again.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

leigh ann d.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

excellent

Great place! 5 *****
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Hilary R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

We love this house!

This is the third time we’ve stayed at this property. The house is great, the location is great, and the host is superb. We enjoy coming to Tucson during the winter to get sun and fun things to do. We have never been disappointed. We highly recommend the Sawtelle House.
Stayed 18 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Laura M., Fort Collins

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location, good setup for group.

House was easy for 6 of us to use. Location directly across street from coffee shop was great! Landlord was very responsive.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022

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