The best part of the house is the outside! The view from the dock, quiet spot on the lake, firepit area. The kids loved fishing off the dock. It was a great place to tie up our boat. It is the first rental we were able to leave our boat out overnight without it getting banged around by waves. The kids loved trying out the kayaks and some of the other water toys they had available. It was a great place to play in the water. The playset was also a hit.
The house was huge. There were plenty of beds and sleeping options. It had a great up north cabin feel. There were tons of games in the basement. Another hit with the kids.
When we booked the house there was a limit of 8 people. I'm not sure if this was due to COVID-19, but the listing was not clear on the exact number of bedrooms and beds. It actually had 6 bedrooms and slept 21. I noticed many reviews talked about multiple families staying. The cabin would be ideal for that. It was almost too big for our family of 5. We have young kids who didn't want to be on a separate floor from us, so we all stayed on the main floor. There were 3 bedrooms and 8 beds so there was plenty of space, but only one bathroom on the main floor. That wasn't convenient. The only bath was upstairs in the master bedroom. Something to keep in mind if you need to bathe young children.
The house was likely top of the line when it was built, but there were issues. The screen door to the deck was useable, but broken (and appeared to have been that way for a while.) The kitchen was dated. One of the oven doors did not close all the way and didn't seem safe to use. The stove was confusing to use and took forever to heat anything up. The washing machine was broken. Someone came out and worked on it, but it still only worked on one setting, so we could only wash towels in it. The kitchen was huge, but somehow had only one pot to cook with. And many of the consumables I would expect to be provided were not. There were no tissues. Only one travel size dish soap was provided so we needed to go to the store to buy more. Only 4 dishwashing tablets were provided which we made do with, but were unable to run the dishwasher the day we left. And we had just enough toilet paper, but had to go to the other bathrooms and take the extra rolls from there to get to the end of the week.
Overall it really was a nice house. But the little things added up. I would consider staying again if we rented with extended family.