This was a perfectly nice old fashioned lake house, and our family had a good time, but there were what felt like dozens of glitches that clouded our experience. Right off the bat, a few things didn’t work until the next day when the host came over — like the gas fireplace, which was supposed to go on at the flip of a switch but didn’t; the TV, which turned out to be plugged into the wrong socket; and the coffee maker, which simply did not work. The kitchen would be fine if there were lightbulbs above 40w, the drawers didn’t threaten to fall on the floor, and the cupboards contained the most basic things, like salt. We were told that salt — and body wash — were personal items. And speaking of personal items, there was exactly one roll of toilet paper in a house with two bathrooms that allegedly accommodates 8 people, and zero paper towels. The host offered to reimburse us for toilet paper and salt, but it shouldn’t be like that.
All that said, the kayaks were swell, the firepit a pleasure, and the deer friendly.