The good: This is POTENTIALLY a fabulous property. Location is great, online photos accurately show the views of the lake - spectacular. House is large, plenty of rooms with seating for hanging out separately or together. Huge primary BR, four BRs downstairs. Kitchen has large island, DR table w/seating for 6-8, nice pantry. Large laundry w/W/D, iron, ironing board. Plenty of hot water. The owner was very responsive to all questions. WiFi was good.
The bad: If you plan to cook, bring your own pots and pans! Cookware was terrible. Not a decent pot/pan/skillet in the kitchen. A real challenge to prepare a meal for ten people. Sufficient dishes for eating. There were a couple of dirty hot pads and ONE dish towel, no dish cloths. Inexplicable since there were plenty of bath towels/hand towels/linens. Also, there is an alarm that “dings” in the primary BR every time any of the exterior doors are opened, so when someone in the group goes out early, the inhabitants in the primary BR get woken up because of the “ding”. 3 car garage, but parking is very tight if you have more than a couple of vehicles. We had four vehicles, and we put one in the garage, three outside. It was a little challenging to move the vehicles around (the driveway slopes down). Cable TV, but absolutely no information on channels available or how any of the four remotes function. Gas fireplace but no instructions on how to turn it on. Downstairs, there is a foosball table, but several of the men were broken so it wasn’t really usable. There is also a ping pong table, but it is warped and cracked. Downstairs 2BRs on each side, bath between. Baths not accessible from BRs; must leave BR and go out to main room to access.
The ugly: This beautiful home badly needs a thorough cleaning. The inside was okay - not pristine, but clean enough and about standard for rentals. The outside is another story entirely…the house needs pressure washing, as does the dock (the double decker dock is great, although it was too rainy/chilly for us to use). Most windows need to be replaced - foggy, weatherstripping pulled out…and COBWEBS everywhere. The cobwebs in the kitchen window are so large they are actually small ropes. The outside is absolutely filthy; doesn’t make sense since the house is such a nice place.
Summary: great location (grocery store, dollar store, 7-8 mins. away, RTJ golf course around the corner). Quiet, private, lots of space. Could be a 5-star place if failures were addressed.