Owner's Response: Monette and I are disappointed that our guests did not have a totally enjoyable visit to Tattrie’s Cottage. Most of our guests thoroughly enjoy the cottage, the lake and surroundings as the other reviews exemplify. As far as the “rustic” comment, I guess it boils-down to expectations. The pictures on VRBO give a true representation of the cottage, but it is a cottage: a Summer Cottage. It is not a house with wall-to-wall carpeting. Tattrie’s Cottage is a well maintained, clean cottage on a large, wooded lot on the most beautiful lake in Otsego County. But by the very nature of it being a cottage I guess you could consider it “rustic”. The décor is not modern, some of the floors are bare and painted, everything doesn’t match (pots and pans included) and it’s not perfectly themed; it’s a Summer Cottage. As for the cottage having a “small shower”, this is true. We re-did the bathroom in 2012 and put in a new fiberglass shower stall, but there was only so much room to work with. In order to make the shower larger we would have had to added-on to the house. This would have been at a significant expense and driven the weekly rent up by a hundred dollars or more defeating our goal of providing a great value family vacation opportunity. So while the shower is small, it’s adequate and anyone can take a shower in it – I have and I weigh 180! It comes down to expectations, Tattrie’s is a great cottage, an excellent value, on a wonderful lake with a tremendous view, but it’s not a house or a villa. p.s. we’re planning on upgrading pots and pan and the TV for 2014.