Owner's Response: Reviews help me know what my guests like and what areas need improvement so thank you William A. for your review. I am glad to hear that the house was clean and spacious for your children and grandchildren to enjoy. Long Lake is a beautiful large lake and I am happy your family found it to be a great recreation center. The dumpster at the top of the hill is not a neighborhood dumpster. Unfortunately the renters before did not follow instructions and they placed their garbage outside the dumpster and did not place the chain back on the dumpster which allowed animals to get into the garbage and that is the garbage you saw laying all about. My cleaning crew notified me of this mess and they assured me that the mess was picked up once they were aware of it. The tree that had fallen was due to a huge storm that had come through on June 11th a few days before your arrival. I did have to get my insurance agent to come out to access the damage and it was pretty phenomenal. Unfortunately, acts of nature are not something any homeowner can prevent. I did have my property maintenance man remove as much of the tree that he could and I went up and removed the rest of it myself. For ecological reasons the Wisconsin DNR discourages mowing close to the lake in order to keep contaminate run off out of the lake which also helps keep the environment balanced and the water wildlife safe. Ticks are a seasonal thing and due to the warmer winter ticks remain active longer. Unfortunately, I cannot control the tick population in the north woods. I have, however, spoken with my groundskeeper about keeping the grass around the steps leading to the docks trimmed. The grounds around the house were to be maintained by my housekeeper. Unfortunately, I did discover, through your comments left at the house, and by own eyes when I came to the property, that the grounds were left unkempt and that the housekeeper was not taking the time to clean up outside of the house. This was also the first time that I have had renters leave beer cans and rubble outside and this was the same group that left the garbage outside the dumpster. These actions by the renters and the housekeeper are totally unacceptable. I have replaced my housekeeper. Thanks again for your review, I am happy to say that all the negative issues that were possible to resolve have been fixed for all future renters. Mike Sreenan