Family Cottage Retreat - Hot Tub Kayaks Waterfront

The house was clean. The laneway to the property was well plowed (wintertime rental). the games room had lots of fun options. The hot tub was a lovely escape from the cold weather. Unfortunately, the severe ice storm that occurred part way through our stay became an issue when no road or property maintenance was done to mitigate the potentially dangerous conditions. We did message the VRBO contact about the situation, they responded many hours later saying, "I think the guy will come later". No one ever showed up, and it was up to me to heavily salt any areas where we would be walking so that we could move about. As the road leading to the house was a private lane and not serviced by the city. i would have hoped that this sort of safety maintenance would have been taken care of by someone other than me.

Lovely house and plenty of space for the three families with young children who spent the weekend together. Primary bedroom is huge with king bed but note other three adult bedrooms have only full beds. Gorgeous sunsets sitting lakeside and grocery and LCBO 5 minutes away. Would stay again.

This property is listed as “brand new luxury, just finished”, this property was not brand new, just finished this year. The walls inside were dirty, the furniture was very dirty and roughly used, carpet on the stairs was filthy. “all brand new beds” is not accurate. The mattress that we slept on was very uncomfortable and caved in the middle. The bunk beds are very noisy, likely not assembled well. The property lists 3 bathrooms, all with showers. There are 3 bathrooms, 2 have a shower, 1 is a toilet in the laundry room (no shower or vanity, just a laundry tub). I specifically asked the host about the depth of water off the end of the dock, their reply was “around 5ft”, the depth of the water was just above my knees not even 2 ft deep. This was very disappointing and misrepresented. There were zebra mussels covering the lake bottom that we were not notified about.

Overall a beautiful property. A few details should probably be updated on the listing (only 2 showers, the main has a double head shower but not ideal for multiple family use) and some repairs need to done around the property. The Hot Tub was not fully functioning when we stayed here and was pretty dirty/smelly after just 2 days of use, even while making sure we were clean before going in. The outdoor shower drain was backed up and some of the games in the outdoor shed were broken. Some of the outdoor furniture could be replaced. It could have had a better cleaning before our stay but overall a very beautiful spot. Great time spent with family here that we will always remember.

Place was beautiful. Accommodated everyone in our group nicely. Very close to town and the ice cream 😊