Everything here felt new, clean, and comfortable. This property is immaculately maintained, beautiful, and enormous. There are enough beds and space here for at least 14 people, but a max of 8 can rent, which was perfect for my family of 4 plus my sister’s family of 4. Hosts were very communicative, pleasant, and prompt to respond to questions.
Kitchen has everything you might need from new nonstick cookware, to spices, to cling wrap and containers for leftovers. Beds are super comfortable. Master bedroom is about the size of my entire first apartment lol. Bathrooms stocked with towels galore. Do bring your own beach towels though, and pack enough clothing for your whole stay because there’s no laundry on-site. And also note there is no recycling on site (we brought most of our recyclables home with us).
We splurged and added the beautiful pontoon rental and were so glad we did. It’s not a very big or busy lake - very calm and peaceful, actually. which was lovely (we saw loons and eagles every day). There was no need to spend all day straight on the boat because it was a quick ride back to the dock from anywhere, but we would usually head to a ~20 ft depth spot, anchor it, and swim, or float around on inflatables. The shallows next to the dock are clear and great for the little kids to play, but you need to go probably 30 yards past the dock for it to be deep enough to actually swim without weeds. I’d say if you brought paddle boards to get you out there you might be ok without a boat, but otherwise you’ll probably want one.
Tips: Go to burnette dairy for fresh cheese curds (and when I say fresh, I mean they are still warm from being “curded”). For a full grocery run, head to Fourwinds Market in Siren. Everything closer seemed sparsely stocked. Brickhouse Brewing in Grantsburg has great beers and seltzers.
A couple suggestions to make this place 110%: Lamps - I think there is only 1 lamp in the entire house, and the overhead lights can be harsh. I wish I’d brought a reading light for bed. Floor/table lamps in the living room and bedrooms would be perfect. Please remove the wind chime on the front porch. It almost sounds like a constant buzzing and drove all of us nuts (even my 4 yr old)! More kitchen towels and paper products (we ran out of TP, paper towels, and trash bags). These were only minor inconveniences. Overall we had a fabulous stay, we would truly love to return next year!