Historic Glencrest Cottage

The cottage is spacious and comfortable and perfectly located just across from Glen Lake and minutes to Glenn Arbor and Sleeping Bear Dunes. Our 4 kids really enjoyed the space and all the different places to hang out in the house. Great kitchen if you enjoy cooking. The fire pit is a big plus as well as we spent most evening by the fire. We stayed one week after the big storms ripped through Glen Arbor, the property owners and their property manager where great to work with, very accommodating and kept us well informed of the status of the town as it came back on-line. A trip we will not forgot and we will be back!

Loved my stay at the cottage. The space was filled with old charm with mismatch furninshings and decor. Each room leaves you guessing at what the next may look like. From the modern stand up shower to the antique tub, you will be amazed! End each evening at the firepit enjoying wine from your tour and chocolate covered cheeries. What a great way to relax~!

My husband, parents, and young son recently stayed at Glencrest Cottage and were surprised at what a mixed bag we found the cottage to be. On the one hand, it is quaint in a shabby-chic way. The beds are covered in patchwork quilts, interesting artwork adorns the walls, and there is a beautiful, large porch in the front of the house that is perfect for large family meals. On the other hand, while some of the rooms are well maintained, others are quite poorly kept. For instance, there are two bathrooms on the first floor. One bathroom is pristine, with a new shower, a cabinet full of fresh, fluffy towels and delicately scented soaps, and tasteful fixtures. The other bathroom is its opposite: the old linoleum floor tiles are coming loose (one was completely unglued when we arrived), the tub is rust-stained, and the lighting is poor. This incongruity is evident throughout the cottage. The first floor bedroom was quite nice and clean, but the two bedrooms on the second floor looked as if they had not been cleaned in some time. The bedside tables in my bedroom were covered with a layer of grime that I scrubbed off with wet wipes, the windows in the bedroom would slam shut if I didn't prop them open with a piece of wood, and there were dead bugs in the corners of the room. All of the appliances, along with the gas grill, are of high quality and well maintained, but the kitchen is small, dark, and crowded with a huge, obsolete stove that basically serves as a microwave oven stand. The porch, as indicated earlier, is lovely, but many of the mechanisms used to shut the porch windows are broken, and as a result, rain comes into the porch during storms. Given how pleasant and professional I found Glencrest Cottage's owner to be as we exchanged emails leading up to my stay, I was surprised at how inconsistently maintained the property was. Finally, the photos posted on-line seem to be quite dated. Although it was not evident from the photos, the paint on the front of the cottage is peeling and most of the rooms are not as fresh and tidy as they appear in the photos. Although the location was great and the price was right, I just could not recommend this property to a friend or relative.

We just spent a week at Glencrest Cottage ... and LOVED it!! We celebrated my Dad's 80th birthday with the family and have wonderful memories. Our family rented two cottages, due to the amount of people ... but Glencrest was the gathering place for a campfire every night. We all loved the history of the cottage! It is very well equipped and also enjoyed having a propane grill to cook some fresh fish caught on Lake Michigan. This is such a beautiful area with so many things to do! I use to live in the area ... so love returning whenever I can.

My family enjoyed our stay at the cottage. Everything was very clean and we felt very comfortable there. Loved the Leelanau coffee every morning on the porch. The cottage is close to Sleeping Bear Dunes as well as Glen Arbor & Empire. We also drove to Leland and checked out Fish Town. We had a delicious breakfast at Foothills Cafe one morning and we liked the pizza at Peg Town Station in Maple City. Glen Arbor has many shops & art galleries to explore-my kids liked the ice cream from Pine Cone & loved the cherry soda from Cherry Republic.