Our family has stayed at this cottage before and always enjoy our time there, as well as in and around the Petoskey area. We love the beach, the lake, and proximity to all things northern MI related. We worked directly with one of the new owners, Sara who was really great to work with -- very responsive and flexible. There was one issue that seemed to annoy most of our family members during our stay at the beginning of Aug. (hence the 4 stars) and that was the SPIDERS. Each family member received numerous spider bites throughout the night during our week stay, even though we brought our own bedding and linens. We also "got rid of" many of them that were crawling in the bathtubs, on the walls, etc. during the day. Don't get me wrong, we still very much enjoyed the cottage, however it needs a very good deep cleaning, especially the exterior / roof overhang where there's many visible webs and nests. That would help tremendously. I understand the cottage being a cottage in a natural surrounding, but talking to the other renters in the other close cottages, they didn't have a problem like we did.