Is A Diamond in the Rough pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 1 total) with a maximum weight of up to 50 lbs per pet. Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

Where is A Diamond in the Rough located?

Situated on a lake, this cottage is 1 mi (1.5 km) from Jet Funn and within 6 mi (10 km) of Chain 'O Lakes State Park and Spring Grove Fen Nature Preserve. Turner Lake Fen Nature Preserve and Thomas Memorial County Park are also within 6 mi (10 km). Fox Lake Station is 20 minutes by foot.

A Diamond in the Rough Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joe M.

Jul 30, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Check in was easy and the host had birthday wishes for my wife. Great touch.

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Terry M.

Jun 21, 2016

Great location! Beautiful home! Super nice people

The rental home was the best kept and cleanest I've seen so far using VBRO. The owners left a hand written note for us and a welcome gift! Wonderful place to stay, highly recommend it to anyone looking in the Fox Lake area!

Stayed 4 nights in May 2016

10/10 Excellent

Linda F.

Sep 3, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great get away!

We enjoyed a great get away with our daughter & family and our son! Such a warm welcome with fresh flowers & champagne! And we loved the dock area, fire pit & the fact that there were hardly any steps to the lake for our toddler grandkids! Lots of fun to be had here!

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Cassandra M.

Aug 4, 2017

Enjoyable Stay

My two sisters and myself rented this great cottage for 4 nights. We had a great relaxing enjoyable time! The cottage is very comfortable and accommodated the three of us very nicely. It's very spacious for the size of it. Jim and Rosemarie were great hosts welcoming us with a bottle of champagne and a nice card. They also left a beautiful bouquet of fresh flowers on the dining room table which was a great added touch. We recommend this vacation rental highly and look forward to future visits ourselves!

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Jun 27, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication

The hosts Jim and Rose were friendly and helpful. The place suited our needs perfectly. We were attending a wedding in the area that my daughter was matron of honor for, so it was me and my husband, my daughter and son in law. The bedrooms are small but adequate, the kitchen and living areas are very nice. We also had full use of an outdoor gas grill, outdoor seating areas in front and back of the cottage. We also had access to the lake, with nice outdoor seating around a fire pit. The lake is scenic and there are stores, restaurants and bars nearby. Boats, kayaks, etc are available for rent nearby. It was a wonderful long weekend stay.

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Cindy K., La Crosse, Wisconsin

Aug 10, 2016

Well-equipped, comfortable

We were there on the hottest days of the summer, and the cottage was a nice retreat. It was cool and cozy. The kitchen is very well-equipped for cooking, the beds are comfortable and the outdoor space is nice although you do have to walk through the parking lot and around the host home to get to the lake. The lake view is nice and would be a comfortable place to spend watching the sun set, although we didn't do so because it was so hot. The host is very responsive to requests. We locked ourselves from the cabin (when leaving, do NOT lock the lower lock!) but gained entrance within 10 minutes. The grill was dirty when we arrived but the host cleaned it nicely for us. We enjoyed our stay!

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2016

4/10 Poor

Gayle

Sep 8, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, communication

I don’t agree with all of these high ratings. The owners live in the house on the waterfront. Don’t be mislead that you’ll be staying there. You’re actually in a little cabin behind their house. It’s not a bad set up. Could be cleaner. Especially the fridge. I was really excited to be able to spend time on the waterfront property. Unfortunately, the owner’s deck overlooks the section designated to their rental customers. In the evening, you can see them watching TV. They were entertaining as well and it felt like we were the uninvited guests. Very awkward. I was really disappointed because I wanted to spend more time by the lake, but felt too uncomfortable. Another problem was my elderly parents were with us, and it was difficult for them to navigate in the dark from the cabin to the front waterfront property. They left us a bottle of champagne and a nice note and flowers. That seems to be their MO. However, when interacting with the owner, we didn’t feel welcome.

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth R.

Jul 13, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place to see fireworks!

Jim and Rosemarie were wonderful hosts and we had such a nice time!

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lisa T.

Sep 27, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Diamond in the Rough

Very cosy & nice. The backyard was wonderful. We enjoyed the privacy. The location was convenient to restaurants, etc.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Aimee C.

Sep 25, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great cottage!

Water was high so no beach.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Matt C.

Jul 9, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Private/Quiet Guest House

The rental is the guest home behind the A-frame home pictured at the end of the road. Very private and quiet! Although there are no water views, the water is just on the other side of the main home with complete access to the backyard, dock, and water. Everything was in great shape and it has everything you need and all the comforts of home. Definitely recommend getting a deep dish from Rosati's and checking out the boat races at Blarney Island!

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Susan L.

Sep 26, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

PIR Boot Camp Graduation

Great time celebrating with our grandson and our daughter. Convenient to hiking, restaurants and the beautiful chain of lakes.

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Janice M.

Sep 15, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

It was a great 2 bedroom cabin. Everything you would need was provided plus extra great things !!

Easily found and easily rented

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie S.

Aug 28, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Girls weekend retreat!

We had an excellent experience with this VRBO! Jim and Rosemarie were wonderful hosts. They offered local fish fry recommendations as well as nearby spots with live music! This was a very nice, quiet little house on a dead end street with beautiful lakefront outdoor space.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lee K.

Aug 23, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

We had a great time

We had a lovely short weekend getaway at this cottage and would love to stay again

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

4/10 Poor

christina w., Yorkville

Jun 30, 2022

Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Trailer does not fit

Upon review of the pictures of the subject in question the home was farther away from the lake than shown on pictures discussed truck and trailer size in regards to parking situation when arrived the truck was was centimeters away from the garage the house and the trailer was too wide as discussed with the owner they stated it would fit but it wouldn't no available parking for trailer or boat anywhere so we had to stay at a hotel and keep our boat elsewhere we were not able to use the facilities called the owner right away They did not return our calls to 4 hours later that day we did not go into the property or use the facilities we requested a refund they were not cooperated with us

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Matt D.

Jun 14, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Place!

Great place!

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

zach k.

Jun 6, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location

Disliked: Communication

Nice little house, no parking

Clean cute little house, Small bedrooms but everything needed was there except parking, on our stay there was only one parking space. We moved the gazebo to fit a second car. We were supposed to be bringing 2 cars and a truck w boat trailer. We were told there was parking for it, there was not. We ended up storing our vehicles up the street for an additional cost. I would stay again as long as I only need to bring one vehicle. The owners are actually very nice but did not answer the phone on check in to try to fix the problem.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Joanne R., Fort Worth, Texas

May 17, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Dimond in the Rough fits perfectly.

We truly enjoyed our stay at this adorable, clean well stocked cottage. Easy access to home and to communicate with the owners. It had everything we needed for our stay. We would love to return and I would recommend to stay here.

Stayed 6 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Ed M.

Dec 31, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication

Disliked: Listing accuracy

Our Stay

The property was clean, well kept, had all the amenities, and the property managers were very responsive. The parking was tight for a large truck, and the yard for dogs was the yard of the property manager across the driveway in the back of their home.

Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Tisha W.

Dec 15, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very nice

The host was very kind, property was clean and well kept and had a nice quiet stay.

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2021

4/10 Poor

Evan G.

Dec 7, 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, communication, location

Great getaway BUT

The property was nice and it was a lovely get away for a week. However 3 weeks after our stay we received a message saying that we were being charged for $300 for our dog defacating and an uncleaned oven. This was weird to us as we didn’t use the oven and we vaccumed and cleaned the whole place prior to exiting and no sign of any. The place was nice but this tarnished the experience.

Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Doo L.

Oct 25, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice!

Everything was very nice except fishing.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

4/10 Poor

Glen M.

Aug 30, 2021

Liked: Check-in

Disliked: Communication, listing accuracy

Disappointed

Not bad but much less than advertised

Stayed 14 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Barbara C.

Aug 22, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Clean, well decorated cottage

The cottage is as owners describe, being behind their home so just short walk to waterfront (30-45 second walk). The cottage was lovely and well equipped. Owners were on site and friendly and helpful. Parking is tight for 2 vehicles and very difficult for us with a boat in tow before it was docked the day after arrival. But the owners were gracious and accommodating

Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2021

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