We booked on vrbo and saw lake front at a reasonable price and went for it! We arrived and after a recent snow storm to find the the road VERY steep and VERY slippery. But fortunately anti lock brakes kicked in and got us safety to the vacation retreat right around 4pm. We entered the house to find it very cold. We searched for the heat source immediately. (It was 4 hours later that the house finally found a normal temperature). We found that the upper house is heated with wall heaters that were not up to the task of warming the house under the cold conditions that we arrived under. We found a very pieces of wood and a were able to get the fire place going... although it is clear that the fire place does not have a proper length of chimney pipe to create the necessary air flow and it is very easy to smoke the house out. But hey, we are on vacation, so we were ready to have some fun! We found the hot tub! It was definitely the high point of our experience. After the hot tub the kids were anxious to see the floating house... We tried to navigate the steps only to find an inch of hard packed ice covering the path. We slipped all the way down it was quite the experience. We opened up this house to find it equally cold. we turned up th base board heat to see if it would heat up. (The down stairs never came above 50 degrees. The upstairs did heat up nicely. At this point we called Vacasa about the heat issue, they indicated a runner would come with additional heaters or fire wood. (They never showed). Sooo long story short we had a couple great days of adventure enjoying the area, but the house... The house overall was a mess! It is dirty, there are lots of bugs, there is very little in the house to make it comfortable. The beds are cheap, the furniture is cheap, everything was built or bought cheap, so if you are used to nice things, this place is not for you....
The main house has a 3 beds and 1 and 1/2 baths. It was really the only usable space for us. The floors were unfinished! It was cold concrete and upstairs had tongue and groove siding... please repeat after me. TONGUE AND GROOVE SIDING IS NOT FLOORING. not only does it trap dirt and is it impossible to clean it creaks every step. The stove desperately needs to be deep cleaned. Every exterior door needs to have the seals redone.... So if you are a group of colleges students looking for a place to have a raging party, this is your spot. if you are a family looking for a sweet vacation spot,