Fabulous sunsets

After 35 years of staying at a different location that was bought out, we decided to start looking this year for a new place for our annual family vacation. This was our first year searching and after only 24 hours, we knew it was the place for us! It was clean, spacious, and comfortable. Our previous place had limited amenities and we were overjoyed to see we were provided with everything we needed besides our clothing and toiletries (and groceries). There are ample amounts of fans, window AC units, towels and linens, extra chairs, folding tables, games, plates and utensils and cooking items. 3 days in we experienced a terrible storm and power was knocked out for a few days and Terry was absolutely wonderful with making sure we were taken care of! He drove in early from out of town to give us flash lights, phone back up chargers, and even a generator to help keep our refrigerator going. He often checked in on us and addressed any of our questions or concerns incredibly quick! The best part of the house is the back yard area! The private yard and deck was the best place to have a bon fire, drink coffee by the lake, and lay out and swim! The house is very well taken care of and we already are excited to spend many more annual family vacations at the Sunset Villa!

Stayed last week. Terry was very nice. This is my 47th summer at GOTL and our first time not at our usual spot since it is closed this year. But, If we are able to, we will rebook this cottage every year. Right on the water, big enough space for friends to drop by and sit by the water. Clean, well stocked with starter supplies and everything you need in the kitchen, bathrooms and bedrooms. Fit 4 cars easily. Fire pit was great. Ac’s worked well. Could not hear any noise from the strip at the cottage, even though just four houses from the street. Highly recommend and hope to see you again next year Terry. Definitely a great place to stay!

Here’s the positive, you can see the lake and it does have its own parking spots. Now the negative, mildew on the decking, mildew in the window tracks, skunks living under the house, mildew in showers, dirty toilets, soiled bed linens and house in need of many, many repairs. For example there’s a hole in the living room floor covered with styrofoam and a random piece of granite, leads to ?. Also, it rained during our stay, house leaked in two places. Contacted Vrbo customer service and host about an hour after reviewing the property. CS did nothing, the host made offer of half my fee returned to me WITH the contingency that he rerent the house for the time we were scheduled to stay. I didn’t feel I should lose half of my money just for walking in and still have no place to stay. We elected to stay, only to depart a day early due to the leaking. I’m sure the host may dispute my account of the situation in his rebuttal to this review. But I do have pictures to back up what we saw and there were 6 of us and we all had the same opinion of the situation. So this wasn’t just one person’s reaction/opinion.

Always a pleasant stay up there! Great place to relax and the view is wonderful.

The house comes as advertised with plenty of room for larger parties. Great views of the lake from the back deck with access to the lake front! Perhaps the best feature of this rental is the location. You can walk the entire strip from this location which is great when taking in the nightlife GOTL has to offer. The owner was available at all times and made a point to check in and see how we were doing during our stay. You cannot go wrong with this choice!

The house was exactly like the pictures, very spacious. The deck out back is phenomenal for watching the water. Owner was very communicative. I’d stay again!

Beautiful backyard views with quick access to the GOTL strip. Cottage was quaint and met our needs reconnecting with family.