Our family of five (two adults and three children) stayed here for a week vacation in Grand Haven. We have stayed at many rentals in the past, but this was our first in Grand Haven.

Pros: The location is awesome! We did drive to the beach but only because of the sheer amount of toys that we take. We loved being able to walk or bilke places, and especially loved being able to walk downtown for dinner or down the street to the ice cream shop. The house gave us plenty of space and the backyard patio was a perk. Brenda was very responsive when we had a question about the cable, and also gave us a heads up that we weren't parked correctly to help us avoid a ticket.

Cons: The house is old and charming, but lacked in cleanliness. Many of the dishes in the cupboards had dried food on them and the baking sheets in the oven were covered in grease. Basically we just had to wash everything before we used it. There were quite a few bugs but that is to be expected in an old house. You are required to put the clean linens back on the bed, and we noticed that the mattress covers had some dirt and debris on them which indicated they hadn't been washed. We did have to wash towels half way through the week as only one handtowel was provided.

A final point, particularly for families of younger kids - we were disappointed to find that the 'bunkhouse' does not in fact have bunk beds, but in fact a full-size bed and a small twin size bed. This isn't a huge deal but our kids were really disappointed as they were looking forward to the bunk beds. Perhaps we didn't read closely enough but we didn't realize that the bunkhouse has a completely sperate entrance from the main house, with the exception of a window that connects them. Basically we couldn't lock up the exterior house doors without locking the kids in that room at night. We ended up leaving the one adjoining window open and our kids used a stool to crawl through that if they needed us at night.

Overall we had a great week and loved Grand Haven!