Pros: The lake is beautiful! The water is clean and warm, there's good swimming, fishing, and boating. We took some really nice kayak trips along the lake (and into Chance pond and the back river under the bridge behind the Lagace beach ) The sunsets are glorious. The dock is great, and the location as a private peninsula is really nice. The house is spacious- we fit 4 adults and three teens very comfortably. The renovated downstairs is great - we watched movies and played ping pong there and spent a lot of time on the screened-in porch. Franklin is a sweet town (Wyatts Family Diner was awesome, Profile Falls is pretty but a bit buggy). The cons: The house is on a steep hill across the street from the water - we were there with two grandparents and the walk/grade was significant enough to be inconvenient. We managed this but it might be significant for folks with small children or any mobility issues. Added to this, there are no chairs on the dock and no good places to keep things by the water, meaning we had to bring the chairs back and forth every day (we put them in the garage so we didn't have to bring them all the way up and down each day, but it was another piece of daily overhead). The house is nice enough, but it feels like a rental that is missing a bit of attention to the small details -- broken fans, no dish rack in the sink, and a few small other things that added to a general sense of inconvenience.