We have rented this cottage before so had an idea of what we were getting in to regarding the bedrooms. Suffice to say that if one rents this place you need to be aware that two of the bedrooms are downstairs, you need a key to get into each of them and they have no direct connection with the only bathroom or kitchen or to each other. Otherwise the two bedrooms on the main were fine as it was just the two of us.
We had read the current reviews and noted that it had been renovated so even though it was excessively expensive we wanted to be at the lake and decided to try. The lake is a fantastic place, the water if warm and the fishing was great. This is a busy lake at times, with a tonne of boats roaring about so if you are looking for a quite place to go this may not be the place for you.
Here are all the problems with this cottage.
-too expensive for what you are getting
- it was infested with ants. According to the property manager this is a problem on the lake, but when we talked to the neighbours they didn't seem to have any.
- the important areas were clean, bedroom etc but under the sink etc was not. I understand from manager that due to Covid they are short staffed, so it was clean enough.
- Furniture in the dining room and outside was extremely dirty. This is not a function of the cleaning so much as the poor choice of dining room furniture for a cottage, tan velvet....
-steps leading down the side are quite dangerous with missing pieces, easy to fall.
- bbq fire... the bbq that was there had not been cleaned and had a faulty supply tube (we were told afterwards) This caused a huge fire in the bbq and even when gas was shut off it continued to rage due to huge amount of grease built up. This was an extremely dangerous situation and could have been worse as the bbq at that time was located on the deck under a tree. Fortunately we did have the provided fire extinguisher and were able to put out the blaze in time. The manager did provide us with a new bbq a day after and it is located in a new location off the deck. So this is resolved but does not mitigate potential disaster, particularly in a tinder dry fire season.
- deck railing is dangerous, not installed properly, rickety railing.
- dvd player etc not functional or w/o info
- no light in living room to read or play games in evening
-no door bug screen
- all things considered this is not really worth the price.
Good- Property manager, dock, comfy bed, towels etc