My friend and I, along with our 3 children, (aged 4, 5 and 10) spent 2 nights (June 7 & 8) at this lovely house on Lake Saratoga. We had never been to the area before and all we were looking for was a spacious sanctuary close to the lake- that is precisely what we found at 24 Palmer Hts.
Its quite apparent that the Larsons care very much about the client experience. The house was clean, and completely ready for use. They have furnished the house with all the amenities any person, young or old, could want to find at a vacation spot: a well maintained grill, a shuffleboard, nintendo, huge TVs, a serene sitting room with a view of the lake, a washing machine and dryer, board games, and a clean seating area at the dock.
The house is spacious and has room for 3 couples (or 3 pairs of bed buddies-no judgements!!) to sleep comfortably. There is another room that we used as a kids room with bunk beds and a huge twin. The bunks are meant for kids or really small adults, and the twin was good enough for me AND my 5 year old together! The basement is finished with a fold out sofa bed and there is plenty of room for a queen sized air mattress in that room as well.
The lake is across the street from the house, down a little ways-a 2 minute walk-and down a flight of wooden stairs located between two ferns (great for using as a landmark). It makes it feel like you are in a secluded little paradise when you watch the amazing sunset from the dock.
The lake is fine for swimming, of course, I would only recommend wearing some type of water shoes. There are a lot of stones and pebbles at the bottom you don't want to feel when you're hanging in the water.
The house is within 7 driving minutes a little beach (Brown's Beach) with sand ($3/person over 13), tons of restaurants, convenience stores, liquor stores. We went to a great restaurant called Carson's Woodside Tavern which has great outdoor seating with a view of the lake and the Vermont Mountains. They have live music in the evenings. A few more minutes beyond that is the amazing town center with more shopping along Broadway, the main drag. There is the phenomenal Northshire bookstore, tons of bars, restaurants, parks, gardens and a cute $1 carousel. We took the kids to eat at Mercentile's Kitchen right on Broadway which was kid friendly with but perfectly civilized for the adults at the same time.
I cannot wait to reserve another weekend at this place again. Great job Mr and Mrs Larson!!