SUMMER FAMILY COTTAGE ON AN INLAND LAKE

When looking far away it looks good, but looks can be deceiving! To begin all the pictures are old and not up to date. There is different furniture and kitchen appliances. The house itself is slanted towards the lake and the upstairs the second floor balcony has exposed structure to the weather. The backyard railing to the balcony is loose and in some parts completely coming off. The windows are held open with pieces off cut wood. Be cautious when removing the wood I almost lost my fingers. Some of the window screens in the back have holes in them. Plus the furniture in the picture they have is not the furniture there. Actually some of the deck furniture is broken and all of it is rusty. My husband found glass on the left side path down to the lake. MY cousin kids found beer cans on the beach near the tire swing. If you like dirty lake water then you will love this lake. I live near the other side of Michigan off of Lake Saint Clair. I know about beaches, cottages and this place is a mess. The slide in the water is broken and some of the boats are too. The hot tube was dirty and when my husband went to see if he could look at thew filter too make sure it was clean the railing fell right off. But what do you expect when its held together with staples. The whole house is dirty with cob webs, bugs, black and brown dust. The paint job is a joke if they did paint a room. All the doors have to be slammed shut because the door fit correctly and there is at least an inch between the bottom off the door and the floor. So god only knows what could come in at night. The furniture is not the same in the house that is on the photos here. The furniture looks like he got them from the Good Will. There are big spiders in the house. The furniture is stained with dirt I hope? The cabinets in the kitchen smell. What am I saying the whole house smelled. Just dirty dirty dirty!!!! Broken door knobs, cabinets, chairs, lamps, light sockets, window shades, beds, and you think it its broken here! The dishes they set out for use on the table had a film off dust, finger print and something else that looks disgusting. Broken window in the master bedroom that was trying to be hidden from view. The air conditioners were old as dirt. Plus there was only two so unless you slept in the master bedroom or the kitchen slash front room you were sleeping in the heat. Please go to my Facebook page and look under Stacy Humbert for crappy cabin pics. The owners will see me in court!!!!!!

We were at this cottage in over the 4th of July 2009 and will be back for sure! Bruce was a tremendous host and personally greeted us on arrival. Immediately on entering the cottage you can feel life slowing down as it should while on vacation. The lake is great for kids as there is no boating traffic or big waves to worry about. We have a special needs daughter and felt very safe with her there the entire time. A Kayak ride is a must on this lake, be sure to check out the old estate house/property and related stories on the lake - interesting bit of history there!

This cottage too is in a great location as you can go to Michigan Adventure Amusement Park (15 minutes), Lake Michigan, and Ludington State Park to name a few.

The cottage itself although not a 5 star hotel worked just fine while we were there and we are looking forward to future 4th of July's there!

We rented the “Nick and Boo Cottage” partly because it is very close to the access to the hundreds of miles of ORV trails in the Manistee National Forest. The guys had a great time exploring the woods and getting dirty while my daughter and I hung out at the beach. Bruce let them use his garage and tools for some reparis, which was nice.

The cottage is delightful, clean, nicely decorated and well provisioned. I especially loved the very private upstairs balcony overlooking the lakes, master bedroom with the big log cabin style bed, and hot tub. All of the kids enjoyed fooling around in the various boats provided. The kids caught fish all week and on Friday we had a fish fry with some friend that came up for the day. It was great fun.

We spend a day at Michigan Adventure and another at Silver Lake Sand Dunes. Both were lots of fun and something to consider for other vistors. We had a rainy day, but there were lots of movies, board games, and books at the cottage to keep us busy. Bruce recommended a wonderful restaurant on While Lake for my husband and me on our night out and it was a great choice.

The water pump went bad while we were there and we did not have water for the better part of a day. They got it repaired the same day we reported the problem however, and paid for our dinner out for the inconvenience.

We rent every summer using Home Away and found this to be one of the nicer places that we have stayed at. I’m sure that we will return another year.