Check-in, Amenities, and Check-out Guide

Check-in is at 4 pm.

If you need an earlier check-in or a later check-out, let us know, and we can work something out for an additional fee of $25 per hour.

Parking: For street parking, you must contact the City of Milwaukee at https://city.milwaukee.gov/Parking/ParkingPermits.

The garage can be reserved for an additional $50 / night at checkout. The garage door opener and key will be left inside for you to use when you arrive.

Code: To open the doors to Mother Lion, you’ll receive a code in your confirmation email. You can enter those numbers into the keypad on the side or back door and press the “unlock” button on the bottom right of the keypad.

If you need to leave, press the button with the lock symbol on the bottom left.

Full Kitchen with fridge, freezer, toaster, vita mixer, coffee machine, pots, pans, and dinnerware.

Sound: Please bring your own speakers

Dishwasher: Make sure detergent canisters are closed so you can start/program the dishwasher. Then, put the detergent capsule in the bottom of the dishwasher.

WIFI: Information is inside the cover page of the guest book in the dining room.

Sauna: There’s a dial at the base of the unit inside the sauna. Turn the dial twice (you’ll hear two clunky clicks); after you hear the second one, turn the dial back to the left (you’ll hear one click), and it’ll take about 20 minutes or so for the sauna to warm up. It times out after an hour, so you’ll have to repeat the aforementioned procedure to fire it up again.

Hot Tub:

Before getting into the hot tub, please shower beforehand with soap to wash off any oils, perfumes, or lotions.

Wipe your feet before entering to avoid grass and outdoor material building up in the tub.

Please exit the hot tub to use the bathroom.

Please rinse off after using the sauna and going into the hot tub (to remove any sweat from the sauna).

Absolutely no diving, cannonballs, jumping in the hot tub, please.

No food is allowed in the hot tub. If you have your drinks, please place them outside of the hot tub when not drinking them to avoid spilling them into the water.

Please do not smoke in the hot tub.

Please don’t touch any dials or knobs beside the interface that turns on jets, lights, or controls temp.

Stay hydrated!

Mini Pool/Kiddie Pool (Seasonal): The pool will be empty and cleaned, ready for you to fill up and enjoy! The hose is located on the side of the house, to the left of the side door, where the walkway is that leads from the front to the back of the house.

Cold Plunge: If you’d like to use it, you can purchase a bag of ice from Tony’s Quick Mart and fill it up with the hose, which is located on the side of the house, to the left of the side door, where the walkway is from the front of the house to the back.

Electric Fireplace: Plug it in if it isn’t already, and turn the dial to the desired temperature.

Outdoor Fireplace: We’ll provide some wood, but if you need more, you can purchase your own. You can find some at Outpost, the local co-op grocery store down the street.

Bodywork: A massage table and foot and neck massage machine are available to use in the bedroom close to the Four Seasons room.

Linens: Robes and swimsuits are available in the Rainbow Room. Towels will be left out according to how many guests are present and added to the booking. If extras are needed, they are available around the house at a $25 fee (QR code near the towels so that you can pay through Venmo right away).

Towels included in your stay are in the bathroom for showers and baths and on a shelf in the Cabin Room (the room near the backyard) for hot tube and sauna use.

Extra blankets are in the Cave Room (the first room off the living room) and throughout the house. Sandals are in the Cabin Room and under the bench in the side-door entryway.

Please bring one robe, one bath towel, and one hot tub towel per person. Extras will incur a $25 fee.

Outdoor String Lights: To plug them in, you can follow the string of lights all the way to the side of the house, where there’s an outlet to the left of the hose. The cord should be right by the outlet, ready to be plugged in.

Check-out is at 11 am.

Please message us if you need a different accommodation.

Please leave the space close to how you found it!

• Turn off the pellet stove. The fire will take about 15 minutes to burn out thoroughly.

• Unplug the electric fireplace in the front room.

• Shut and lock windows.

• Wash dishes and clean up counters.

• Make sure all stove dials are switched off.

• Adjust thermostat:

63 degrees in Winter

78 degrees in Summer

• Turn off all lights