Family-Friendly Houghton Lake House: Steps to Lake

Reviews

• 4/5

  Nice property. Needed to replace mattress in one of the upper floor bedrooms. Had to go and buy blowup.Kitchen was supplied with ample supplies for cooking needs.Communication was not greatest. Had a boat trailer on grass as no one contacted us as what rule was and had to move. Said owners drove by and didn’t want it there. Put that in your listing so those that do bring boats know ahead of time.Beautiful view from house, nice sandy area out front. Had a great vacation with family.

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• Awesome, Brooke took care of us very well. 10

  5/5

  Very nice , thank you for sharing your place .

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• Fun family vacation

  5/5

  The house was a perfect location on Houghton Lake, with easy lake access for kids and water games and easy dock use for fishing and enjoying morning coffee! House was spacious for all 12 of our guests with great family room space to all hang out together, open kitchen for meal times, and porch/deck and yard space for outside fun too! Make sure to bring extra paper products (plates, napkins, paper towels, toilet paper and Kleenex) as well as extra towels for showering, and hand towels for bathroom and kitchen. Communication was prompt and check in/check out process was easy and smooth.

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• Disappointing

  3/5

  The size and layout of this Airbnb was very nice. The cleanliness of the place and other amenities were poor. First of all, the fire detectors upstairs were hanging from the ceiling not functional, many mattresses were very old and soft. I'm uncertain if the mattress pads were washed as they looked stained. The blinds in the lower bedroom only closed halfway as the other half were broken off and under the bed, the pots and pans were very scratched and dented making poor contact with the stove, the walls and ceiling in the main floor bathroom were dirty as well as the white bathroom doors where dirty handprints were present. The water smelled funny, so we checked the water softener, and it was completely empty. The coffee maker was disgusting so we cleaned it. The view was beautiful on the lake through all the windows, but the windows were very dirty as well as the patio door and rest of the windows of the house. Seventy five percent of the light bulbs in the house were burnt out or mix matched bulbs. Out of 2 ceiling fans upstairs, only one light bulb worked, making it very dark up there. I called the housekeeper

  Brook. who said she would send someone with a ladder to change them, but they never showed up. The floor planks in the kitchen floor slipped leaving a gap where you could get your toe caught in it. We fixed that with wood glue. When putting things in the fridge and freezer, we found a dead bug in the freezer. We could not figure out how to use most of the fans in the house. The silverware drawers in the kitchen were dirty and the coffee tables were dusty. The strangest paint job I have seen was that whoever painted in there, only painted as far as a ladder could reach and then left the upper ceiling without fresh paint that was very obvious. The paint going upstairs also had major roller marks. This place has great potential to be very nice but the housekeeping leaves something to be desired. The owner is clearly not fixing and keeping up with any maintenance. The only contact I was given was the housekeeper. I would have preferred to speak to the owner, perhaps they are not aware that their place is being neglected.

• Family fishing trip

  5/5

  Our stay here was wonderful had everything we needed

  *This review was originally posted on Vrbo