We stayed here at the end of July 2017. Having rented 7 lake houses in Maine over the last several years, I've seen the spectrum of vacation lake rentals in Maine. This house was first and foremost, the cleanest, most well-kept house we have rented.
I have rented several houses in the past where the owner clearly has a number of rental properties and never actually uses it themself. The result is a more run-down home that is not maintained well. This was thankfully not the case here. The owners of this house clearly take pride in the upkeep and appearance, and use it as their vacation home. They are readily accessible if any issues arise during the stay.
We stayed here with a group of 8 adults. The layout was absolutely perfect for this arrangement. The main upper floor is an open floor plan with a big, modern kitchen, dining area, living room, deck, and screened in porch all open and connected. This allowed for everyone to be hanging out together a lot when inside, yet not feel like we were on top of each other. The bedrooms were laid out well, and the modern bathrooms were terrific. There is another living room area on the lower floor with TV and couches if anyone wanted to go do their own thing in the house.
One of the most important parts of renting a lake house...the lake! Woods Pond (a 400 acre lake) is super clean and made for great swimming. It is a nice short walk down the back yard to the dock. If you have a boat, the dock is more than adequate for that. The owners had a floating inflatable anchored in the water that we could climb on and jump off. Much fun. We spent the vast majority of our time hanging on the dock and swimming in the lake. There are beach chairs provided for the dock, which was great.
The house is located within 5 minutes of the grocery store, various restaurants, and everything else you may want nearby. You do need to dispose of your own trash, but the transfer station (dump) is literally down the street, so it couldn't be any easier than it was.
We hope to rent this house again, because if we go somewhere else it will never hold up to this place.