This is a great newer home for a large family. The views of sunset are magnificent. We had 5 gorgeous days and all great sunsets. There are six bedrooms (one on the main floor) each with their own bathroom. The 6th bedroom is really more likely bonus room over the garage with 3 bunk beds and 2 extra beds. We had 10 people and more than ample room. The common areas including a huge modern kitchen are excellent for dining and hanging out. The house is listed as being on Lake Michigan. Actually, the house is across the street from the lake, with private stair access to the lake. There is nothing between the house and the lake aside from the street. There are about 75 stairs down the ravines to the lake. Please note that there is no beach (perhaps washed away), so there is not much opportunity to really enjoy the lake aside from viewing. It would be impossible to sit or play on the lokited and rocky beach or swim as the waves crash along the rocks, so do not rent this house if lake recreation is important to you.
Upon arrival, a portion of the electrical and water was not working properly. Susan at bvw rental was responsive and we had a repair person there the next morning. The electrical was repaired, but not the water issue. Unfortunately, the water issue was never resolved satisfactorily despite several additional repair visits. The water issue was primarily a lack of water pressure in the master and several of the other showers to the point where showering in those bathrooms was unsatisfactory. Please be sure to check on this issue before renting this property. I’m the our 2nd night, the electricity went out in the entire neighborhood (we were told about 80 houses were impacted). The house has a general backup generator, however, it did not function, so we had no electricity. This is not that big of a deal, however, the water system pump is connected to the electricity, so we not only had no running water for drinking or showers, the toilets did not work as well. I feel that for a house of this quality and high rental rates, that something as basic these days as a backup generator should work especially if use of water is connected to the electricity.
The backyard fire pit is nice (real wood).
The three car garage is nice to keep your cars inside, but note the garage is not cleaned and there was a lot of dirt and spider webs in the garage.
Overall, our family had a great time and enjoyed the property.