PRO'S:
- location is great, right on the water
- easy keypad check-in and check-out
- strong wifi signal
- cable TV
- clean, modern kitchen appliances
- clean bathrooms and kudos to whoever installed the tiles
CONS:
- Serious carpenter ant infestation. They were crawling on us in bed and were in our luggage when we got home. Lake houses naturally have more spiders and bugs, but this was another level.
- Likewise, the backyard isn't mowed (it's clover instead of grass) and it was covered in bees. Two of us were stung walking to the dock, which I mention for anyone with a serious bee allergy.
- Through the front door, you're greeted by aggressive signage/literature ("don't this, don't that, you must do this, etc.") and the entire place feels staged and uncomfortable—literally uncomfortable with hard, mattress-in-a-box beds and one scratchy towel per guest wrapped in cling wrap "for our protection." Our family rented 4 properties within a mile of one another and the others were much more cheerful, homey, comfortable experiences.
NOTE: After you reserve this property, all communications and transactions take place off the Vrbo platform, which was not explained beforehand. The management company makes you complete a personal data form and send a copy of your ID via email (not secure) and supply credit card info over the phone to some stranger (also not secure and most companies don't even allow anymore for their own protection against liability). Bonus: One lady manually entered my card number incorrectly and insisted it was declined. The bank said no attempted charge had been made so I had to play phone tag and get someone else there to process the card. Also the trip itself is not managed in Vrbo; you have to download a separate app that has your info preloaded (once again, not secure).
That said, if you don't mind carpenter ants crawling on you, an unkempt lawn full of bees and the inconvenient, insecure experience outside the Vrbo platform, then you really can't beat this property's location on the water.
