We enjoyed our stay here. It is very private yet close to everything..plenty of room for our large group of eleven people. Waking up in the morning and going to bed at night looking at the lake is peaceful. We enjoyed watching the wildlife and playing cards upstairs. The beds and furniture are comfortable and the inside of the home is beautiful. We were not able to make use of the outside of the home at this time of year. Overall, one of the better VRBO homes we have stayed at. That being said..there are a number of things that would make this nicer for large groups.

1. The house needs air conditioning. The temps while we were there never went below 97 and the house was hot and didn't begin to cool off till after 1:00 in the morning.

2. The bunk room and the upstairs bedroom need fans.

3. The kitchen needs a hand mixer, steak knives, griddle, larger sauce pans, a second coffee maker, extra small refrig., measuring cups, bigger garbage can and more extra garbage sacks.

4. Outside, Bear proof garbage cans as we had to pick up garbage strewed about by bears.

5. The decks, fire pit, and swings were unusable while we were there because of the hoards of mosquitoes and gnats at this time of year..even bug spray didn't help.

6. This is a lake VIEW house...as the lake is unusable from the property. The mud and weeds bar any entry into the lake, we tried, and wound up driving all the way to the other side of the lake to the state rec area to swim and play in the lake.

7. A number of outlets in the upstairs bedroom did not work.

8. Sliding doors that lock so the property can be secured when no one is there. The locks were broken during our visit.

9. If you are doing laundry, showering and dishes all at once the hot water on demand can not keep up and shuts off.

10. Be prepared for a road in need of grading to get to the driveway to this house.

11. The internet router shut off twice during our visit and had to be re-plugged into the power strip provided.