Large Home w/ Hot Tub < 1 Mi to Lake Michigan!

Reviews

• Lots of room

  4/5

  Great location which backs up to a golf course and is close to the beach. Beach is not a reasonable walkable distance for families with children since it’s a two lane road with no sidewalk but Parking at the state park was easy. The place itself provided plenty of room for the 12 adults and 8 kids. Could use some updates with (fixture corrosion in baths, paint missing, yard screen door not usable since screen was ripped off), the firepit did not have any chairs (as featured in the photos). Kitchen was undersized for cooking for large groups but we managed. There were communications deficits with the host with attempting to reach for questions prior to our departure (place is managed by Evolve). A single water heater for a house this size became problematic with the number of adults during this reservation. You will also need to buy or bring your own propane. It is not supplied. We bought a tank refill across the street which was easy to do. The house itself was adequate for our purposes of a family reunion, just needs a little TLC.

  *This review was originally posted on Vrbo

• Great home. Great location

  5/5

  We were a group friends of 10 adults. The house was clean, lots of space. Loved the big table. Loved that some of us could be seating on two separate rooms to watch TV.

• Great trip!

  5/5

  Nice place, lots of room, we all had a great time

  *This review was originally posted on Vrbo

• Good stay but needs improvement

  3/5

  Overall our stay was good. The house was huge and very accommodating for our large family weekend. More than enough beds and the beds/pillows were actually comfortable. Kitchen had more than enough dishwater, utensils, cups. There was several things that were not ok though. The grill was not usable. It was rusted and looked like it’s been left out or open in bad weather. We were not able to cook on it. Even if we could, we would have needed to buy our own propane. I have never had a rental supply a barbecue with no propane. We did however, find a small grill smoker in the basement that we were able to buy charcoal for and used it to get the job done. However, being that we planned both of our dinners to barbecue for 20+ people it was a bit tedious to cook on a small grill.The house can accommodate 20+ people, but some items did not suffice for 20+ people for three nights/4 days. There was one roll of paper towels for our entire stay, only two rolls of toilet paper per bathroom, and five small trash bags for the entire stay, needless to say we had to buy paper towels, toilet paper, and trash bags for the household. There was no aluminum foil, or Ziploc bags. I know this isn’t mandatory, but it is nice if the kitchen is stocked. Lastly, we requested to leave an hour later as 10 AM was pretty early to get out 20+ people. They honored the request, but asked if we could wash a load of towels. Not a problem, but the rental does not provide any kind of laundry detergent so we had to buy that too. I do want to recognize that all of these things I’m sure aren’t mandatory. I just have never stayed at a rental that did not have sufficient amount of paper towels, toilet paper, trash bags, and all necessities for the kitchen and to cook. So something to keep in mind if you are renting this property with a lot of guests.Overall, we had a great time and enjoyed our stay, but just think that the owners might want to adjust a few things to make the stay even more pleasant.

  *This review was originally posted on Vrbo

• Good stay but needs improvement

  3/5

  Overall our stay was good. The house was huge and very accommodating for our large family weekend. More than enough beds and the beds/pillows were actually comfortable. Kitchen had more than enough dishwater, utensils, cups. There was several things that were not ok though. The grill was not usable. It was rusted and looked like it’s been left out or open in bad weather. We were not able to cook on it. Even if we could, we would have needed to buy our own propane. I have never had a rental supply a barbecue with no propane. We did however, find a small grill smoker in the basement that we were able to buy charcoal for and used it to get the job done. However, being that we planned both of our dinners to barbecue for 20+ people it was a bit tedious to cook on a small grill.

  The house can accommodate 20+ people, but some items did not suffice for 20+ people for three nights/4 days. There was one roll of paper towels for our entire stay, only two rolls of toilet paper per bathroom, and five small trash bags for the entire stay, needless to say we had to buy paper towels, toilet paper, and trash bags for the household. There was no aluminum foil, or Ziploc bags. I know this isn’t mandatory, but it is nice if the kitchen is stocked. Lastly, we requested to leave an hour later as 10 AM was pretty early to get out 20+ people. They honored the request, but asked if we could wash a load of towels. Not a problem, but the rental does not provide any kind of laundry detergent so we had to buy that too.

  I do want to recognize that all of these things I’m sure aren’t mandatory. I just have never stayed at a rental that did not have sufficient amount of paper towels, toilet paper, trash bags, and all necessities for the kitchen and to cook. So something to keep in mind if you are renting this property with a lot of guests.

  Overall, we had a great time and enjoyed our stay, but just think that the owners might want to adjust a few things to make the stay even more pleasant.