PROS: House is beautiful. Location & lake are gorgeous. There are 2 large, 3-seater canoes right by dock. In late July the lake was amazingly quiet. Layout of house is great. Living & dining rooms are open & spacious. Bedrooms are all good, but room with bunk bed has no dresser. Basement level of house is beautifully laid out, with a bathroom and 2 very cute bedrooms perfect for those who want separate private area. Owner communication was fantastic. If rating on communication alone, I would give 5 stars. All emails sent were answered promptly. We had an issue with the A/C on our 1st day. Seller responded immediately & sent someone to repair it that same day. Kitchen was well stocked with lots of room for food prep if you work from both sides of counter with stools.

CONS:

House needs updating and spring cleaning. The A/C problem turned out to be dirty filters in all units, indicating they had not been cleaned in quite some time. Screens on all windows are in desperate need of cleaning. They’re covered with dust, bugs, cobwebs, etc. Bathrooms were nice & clean except for the bath mats. All 4 were horribly worn & dirty, which is out of character in such a lovely home. I put them all in washing machine before using. Living room rug is worn & shredding around edges; upstairs wall to wall carpet has many stains. Bed frame in upstairs double bed room was broken which didn’t affect its function, but looked awful. When you arrive, you’re greeted with plants growing out of the gutters! Couch cushions were so smooshed & uncomfortable that we preferred to remove them and use couches with no back cushions. One stove burner wasn’t working. Both sliding screen doors in basement were sitting out of the tracks, & upstairs slider screen was ripped. I wonder if owner is aware of some of these things. Lastly, internet is extremely slow. If more than 2 of us were on devices at same time, things came to a crashing halt.

SUMMARY:

All in all, house is lovely, lake is beautiful. If owners took a little effort to update carpets & couches, clean & repair all screens & screen doors, get faster internet, & simply maintain this awesome house, we would gladly return in future years. If this was an inexpensive rental, I wouldn’t complain about things noted here, but the combination of all of these things takes away from the luxury you expect in a house in this price range. With some improvements, this spacious house on this beautiful lake would easily deserve 5 stars!