The Wow House Company

The Wow House Company: renting large luxury houses for celebrations in the UK

The Wow House Company manages a catalogue of large-capacity accommodations designed for short stays and events. Its offering focuses on stately homes, castles, mansions, large country houses, spacious cottages, converted barns and coastal properties, as well as international villas. The company presents itself as specialising in luxury properties for groups and special occasions.

Types of accommodation and capacity

The catalogue is organised by capacity, from houses for ten people to accommodations for more than thirty. The company indicates that ten-person properties suit small family gatherings; twelve-person properties suit group trips and multigenerational weekends; fourteen- and sixteen-person properties suit large family celebrations; eighteen- and twenty-person properties suit extended family and friends' gatherings; and properties for more than twenty and more than thirty suit milestone anniversaries and large celebrations. You can also search by location, occasion and house features.

Occasions for which they are rented

The company markets its properties for anniversaries, milestone birthdays (30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th and 90th), Christmas, New Year, Easter, corporate gatherings, family celebrations, hen and stag parties, reunions, retirements, weddings and team building activities. The site includes specific categories for hen party houses, wedding houses, party houses and accommodations near London.

Property features

Among the attributes that the catalogue allows filtering are indoor swimming pool, outdoor swimming pool, hot tub, tennis court, games room, cinema room, coastal proximity, dog friendly and walking distance to a pub. The company also distinguishes between castles, beach homes, country houses, mansions, large cottages, barns and stately homes.

Geographic coverage

In the UK, the catalogue covers counties and regions such as Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cotswolds, Cumbria, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Lake District, Lincolnshire, London, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Peak District, Scotland, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Sussex, Wales and Yorkshire. Outside the country, the company markets villas in Barbados, Cape Town, France, Italy, Malibu, Majorca and Portugal.

Complementary services

In addition to renting, the company offers to organise stay details through local contacts. It mentions the possibility of distributing bedrooms, ordering wine, booking chefs or butlers and arranging activities such as clay pigeon shooting or golf. The site describes bespoke catering experiences with chefs, spa treatments with masseurs and facials in the house itself, and outings to local clay pigeon shooting schools. It also publishes practical content, such as a guide on how to prepare cocktails in a holiday home.

Featured properties in the catalogue

The main page shows several specific houses: Lulworth Cove House, a coastal property in Dorset; The White House, a large country house; Cromwell House, in Sussex; Waters Reach House, in Wales; Honeybourne Manor; Rainbow House; Polpier, a Cornish house with sea views; and Hilltop House, presented as a luxury cottage. The company indicates that some of these properties have recently been added to the catalogue.

Reviews and contact

The site shows a count of 960 guest reviews on Trustpilot. The company can be contacted by phone and email and offers a property search form by dates, number of nights and number of guests.