Lake & Mountain Views, Pet Friendly, Boating, Hiking & Golf

Loved our stay, only 3 days...wish it could have longer. Great chalet with lots of room for everyone! Beautiful lake!!

This is a solid house to rent to enjoy the lake, woods and surrounding bays. The rooms are spacious and decorated like a warm, cozy home. Everything worked properly and having two washers and dryers is wonderful. The dishwasher is quiet enough to run during the night and it won't wake people up. TV's worked nicely, and the wifi was slow but solid.

Here's why I deducted one of the two stars (these issues seem within the full control of the owner)

1. The house was a bit dirty upon arrival - stairs were dusty, the bathrooms were tidy but the toilets and mirrors weren't spotless (meaning that they were merely wiped down). That morning, the owner texted me and stated that the cleaning would be running late. When we arrived at 5pm (1 hour past the 4pm check in) the housekeeper was just finishing up.

2. The house was dark because no one replaces burned out bulbs. We found 5 bulbs burned out and 2 missing. As we had children in the bunk room, we cannibalized the bulbs from the living room, loft and the downstairs bedroom to provide adequate lighting. We informed the owner, but she couldn't replace them until after we checked out.

3. The owner is a bit disorganized. She thought we were checking out a day earlier than our reservation ended.

I took off the second star because of the heat of the house during the day. The blinds don't work in the living room which exposes the full mid-day sun into the kitchen. It quickly gets 80-85 in the house. If you open the doors or windows, there are no screens so the house flies, horse flies and mosquitos arrive. So you have a choice in the summers - stay hot but not bitten, or cool off and kill bugs. You can go downstairs to cool off - but if anyone cannot handle narrow stairs, like in my family, then you get to sweat a bit. Luckily, the night provides cool air, and some of the windows have screens so it's tolerable. I suggest that the owner, install simple screen in the windows and fix the blinds in the kitchen. The owner does supply fans in all the rooms which we used - but they only do so much after the temps rise above 80.

There were 4 adults/3 children in our party and we really enjoyed the property. Plenty of room for everyone, the porta crib and highchair were well appreciated. The creek in the back was a big hit with the 4yo and 2 yo. It was a short walk to area beach. Water was cold but this is Seattle, WA area. we all enjoyed our stay

We had 4 adults, 2 pre-teen and 2 little kids. This cabin was great. Lot's of deer to watch and the lake real close. All amenities we needed were there. I suggest stopping by and checking out before going to get groceries. We bought stuff we didn't need. Very close to Staircase park which you can't miss checking out. I highly recommend this rental!

It is a great place for a family vacation, lots of comfortable sleeping space on 3 floors, a nice eating and living area for together time and places for privacy as well. The lake and surrounding scenery are beautiful. There is a good place for a campfire and s'mores.

My granddaughters had fun around the little stream.