While the view of the lake was as promised, the house itself left us feeling cheated. Upon arrival, the smell of mildew met our nose. The house feels very old and cobwebs were on the windows. As we descended the staircase to the lower level, we noticed that it had rotted and the staircase had to be reattached to the house at least 7-inches lower because the exterior wall of the house was rotten. Thus the staircase was uneven. There are wires exposed in the baseboard heating. There is approximately a two-inch gap under the exterior door downstairs. Our daughter, who is very fearful of spiders, found a large spider with babies on it's back in the upstairs bathroom. The privacy blinds for the bedroom off of the living room were not sufficient as they were missing about half of the slats. Also missing, the entire blind on a window for the downstairs bedroom. In all of this, my biggest complaint is that the rental was advertised as including the internet. When it comes down to it, we registered from 147-300 MB max. This isn't enough to be effective and useful. We have two high school students that could not access their classes as planned so they were forced to get behind in their work. Our cell phones were out of range and without internet or tv there it felt very primitive. This may have been acceptable to my husband and I, however, our girls were extremely unhappy.
