We rented this house for our annual Smith Lake vacation and will rent again next year! We only had 7 people with us but this house would be perfect for larger gatherings as well. We loved the open great room/kitchen, large table, counter bar stools, nice back porch with bed-swing and incredible view, fire pit area, and loft bedroom with ping pong table. The house is decorated well with a high-end industrial feel. The beds are sooo comfortable which is what you need after a day of tubing or wake boarding. The dock is nice but could use a waverunner docking platform or two (hint, hint). There is a natural rock wall and a dripping waterfall down the stairs toward the dock. The location of this house on the lake is optimal. It is in a sparsely populated creek area, so paddling around with the owner's 2 canoes is definately doable. There is much to explore nearby including the rope swing and jump wall. Trident Marina with their restaurant is close by boat or seadoo. No need to leave if you don't want to because swimming/floating off the dock is sublime!!