This house is as beautiful as the pictures and then some...the deck is like an outdoor living room, with plenty of shade and sun, a couch swing, other couches, a full dining table, fridge, and barbecue. The slide is fun for the kids, and they provide many other great activities (paddle boats, kayaks, games). The views across the water are beautiful and the water itself took on different personalities and forms of beauty across any given day. While the water is cold, (we were there in June), it was refreshing and we played in in quite a bit. This place has a long shoreline so you feel quite distant from neighbors to the south. The only cautions are these: they don't provide wifi at this point, the only "real" bed is a pull out murphy bed in the living room, everything else is a double size that is part of bunkbeds, and the TV/media was kind of limited, and the kitchen is more like a kitchenette...very tiny, though with everything we needed (they had otter pops waiting for us because they knew we were bringing kids). But we LOVED IT and made it work with 5 adults and 5 kids, all spending a lot of time outside on the gorgeous grounds.