Grandview Manor Lakefront Estate

Our family enjoyed Grandview Manor for a week as we attended 2 family reunions. Loved all the rooms with their unique touches. The lake is awe-inspiring & the house highlights it so well. Observing multi-colored sunsets in the gazebo is a memory we will treasure. Closeby Break Water Beach in the state park was a treasure as well. We hope to return! Grandview Manor was enjoyed by 3 generations of Nelsons!

Seattle, WA

Williamsburg, VA

Smithfield, VA

The house was definitely large. I loved having the 4 bedrooms and the 3 1/2 baths. One of the issues I had was that the house did not have Central Air and only 3 of the 4 bedrooms had some kind of an AC unit it. So some of us were very uncomfortable. The weather was sticky hot and so were the people in the house! When you first walked in the house had a musty smell to it. The carpets were clean but very badly spotted, they need to be replaced. The door knobs did not turn well and my one child got stuck in a room for a bit. My son went around and tightened all the door knobs with a screw driver and this alleviated that issue.

The kitchen was well stocked with everything we needed to cook and serve.

The Gazebo was nice and quaint, but the electric in it did not work so it got a little stuffy in there. They have a gas grill and charcoal grill for your use, but the gas grill was dirty and we had to run to the store to purchase a grill brush to clean it.

My BIGGEST ISSUE is that I was mislead into thinking there was an actual beach there. There was a very small patch of pebbles you could call a beach, but no way to get down there. It had a 3' retaining wall and no steps. The beach access was the most important thing to have on my vacation.

The fire pit was WAY TO CLOSE to the retaining wall and was on slanted ground. The top part of the yard was level, but as you got closer to the retaining wall it sloped down.I was very nervous about my little grandchildren playing outside.

This listing needs to add more pictures of the inside of the house. It is easy to be deceived by the looks from the outside. All in all I would say there is nothing GRAND about this house.

on the lakefront, special sunsets, interior little dated, but clean . worked for us.

We did not use the air conditioners, lake breezes. not really a beach, great gazebo.

We had a big family vacation with 12 people, including 6 children! Everyone loved how spacious the home was along with the breathtaking views! We hope to return in the future! Very clean, close to the beach, amazing screened gazebo to enjoy the sunrise and sunsets on the lake!

We had 3 families with 4 teenagers. The spaces in the house are good. Lots of different eating areas. It would be a little better if there were one large enough for the entire group. We mostly ate on the porch cause that's where we liked to be. Also played games there. Didn't have great weather for being outside but we never felt crowded.If it had beach access, we would be back.