We enjoyed our time on the lake and left very grateful for this trip, even considering returning to the same house again next year. It was a great Covid vacation because we had a blast and and were entertained all weekend without going out.
We noticed a few things about the rental that are not clear/were not clear to us before arriving. The pros still outweigh the cons for us.
A few things to note/need improving:
The 4th bedroom is an interior room as described (no window), but it is just about one foot wider than the queen-sized bed on each side. This was the largest drawback/complaint we had. Unfortunately this can feel quite claustrophobic, and makes things like changing clothes very difficult, so we stored our bags in the bathroom, which also quickly became very crowded. The 3 secondary rooms share 1 bathroom so we (3 adults and 3 kids) were all rotating in and out. The master is on the other side of the house from 3 secondary rooms and we ended up having a few people use that out of necessity.
The doors to the bedrooms are extremely loud. If you want to check on your kids in the bunk room, for example, you can expect a loud crack when you open the door from paint sticking to the door frame, followed by a loud creak because the hinges need grease. You can also hear nearby doors opening and shutting at all hours. We found this to be an issue for all the secondary rooms and the door to the hallway where the secondary rooms were.
While we were here, we requested maintenance to fix one of the porch fans. It is August, and some of the nights were too hot to be out there without both fans covering the large porch. Maintenance didn’t end up coming to fix the fans at all, but otherwise they were easy to communicate with and helped us get in to the house when we had an issue with the code. They really do give you a new code for every guest and you cannot get in even 10 minutes early unless you request that or call them.
This house is rented often and does show some of the wear of an older vacation rental house.
The things we LOVED:
One-level house access to the lake meant meals could be inside, outside (if we were swimming), and everything was easy to get to. The floating dock was fun for the kids. We fished, used the kayaks and kids’ standing paddle board, brought lots of floats and entertained ourselves!