-location is lovely, right by the water reservoir, just bring water shoes so that you don't slip on the rocks entering the water. There seems to be a camping place near the property, but fortunately no one was there during our stay, so we had plenty of privacy. The only exception was some man who showed up one morning and started taking pictures from outside the house. But, the owner assured us later on that she knew him.
-the cottage is spacious with 3 bedrooms. There were some clothes left in the closet, but we managed to find space to put our things just fine. One of the smaller bedrooms has a see-through glass door, not a big deal for children, and its sofa bed is too short for an adult anyways. The living room has been lovely decorated with severed heads of deer hanging here and there.
-the place is mostly clean. We only had to clean the master bathtub (dead bugs, hair and debris). The outdoor lawn was also clean when we checked in. But you know, however the loons and geese are romantic at night, they are still living creatures. And they love to use the lawn, too. Which means that towards the end of stay, you will need the water shoes to safely cross the lawn covered in poop. On top of that, there was debris on the porch including the lawn furniture, but that's obviously impossible to control too. Unfortunately, the outdoor faucet had no running water during our stay, nor even a hose to connect to, so we couldn't clean that well.
-internet worked sporadically but there are also landline phones scattered throughout the house to keep you connected. We knew the phone worked well because we got all sorts of incoming calls during our stay, presumably from friends of the owner.
-the owner seems to care a lot about the cleanliness and the condition of the place. If you read the thick manual in the cottage that is, by the way, very different from the VRBO description, you will see that you are expected to do quite a bit of cleaning and replenishing before you leave, including washing the bed sheets, replacing all used coffee capsules, and driving the trash and recyclables to the downtown dumpster, no less.
-The property manager is not very knowledgeable about the property and its rules, but this is what the manual (see above) is for. Also, be prepared that what you agreed upon with the owner will not necessarily be honored by the property manager and vice versa. But these challenges make the vacation time more interesting, do they not?