Daydreamer Cottage; spacious Master suite with a deck

House was comfortable and well suited to our group of 3 generations. Having access to a pool with retractable cover was great for cool mornings and hot afternoons. There is limited public beach access and they were crowded, but to be expected over July 4th holiday. We enjoyed the fireworks!

Comfy house. Well stocked. Pool was fun. Great communication. Would stay again. Thank you!!

We stayed at this property for 5 nights, and everything was great. The property match the listing, and we had plenty of room for 4 adults and 5 kids.

So, there's some good and some not so good to this place. Clearly, the property was intended to be highly developed with many tens of houses, but something must have gone wrong (perhaps the 2008 collapse?), and only a handful of properties were built. This gives the property a sort of odd feel - the daydreamer is on a very, very large lot, but the structure itself is built for a narrow lot. Overall, the property is peaceful and serene, which is quite nice. The pros: nicely appointed and decorated. There's a club pool very close by - it's clean, and pretty cold. It's also small, so if there are a few families there, it starts to feel crowded. The walk to downtown SH is manageable for fit adults and some kids. The cons: first, don't even consider the pull-out sofa in the lower level as a sleeping option. The property manager said it was a new sofa bed, but the mattress is so comically bad that it's just not an option. Second, the wifi is spotty and exceedingly slow (it's DSL, and bad DSL at that). Don't plan on doing anything off wifi - make sure that you have good cell reception and enough data to do whatever you might need. Unfortunately, the house is cheaply built with very thin walls. Walking on the main floor wakes up people sleeping in the lower level. Conversations can be heard through walls, flushing toilets echo throughout, etc. If every in your group goes to bed and wakes up at the same time, that might not be so bad, but families with younger kids might want to think twice. Perhaps most oddly and disappointingly, the outdoor space to the house is horrible. Because the land was meant to be developed, they cleared a lot of the trees right near the house, so there's very little shade. And, while there's a deck out back, it points due west, which means that you're in direct sun from about 3-8, and it can get very hot in the summer. Then, throw in the fact that the property is pretty secluded, and you get a lot of mosquitoes. That's expected in rural Michigan in the summer at dusk, but how about a screened-in porch? It would make it much nicer. Okay, no porch... how about a dining table on the deck ? Or even a cheap picnic table next to the house? Anything for those who might want to be outside? There are a few plastic Adirondack chairs, which are fine, but for a "lake house," there's surprisingly little attention paid to making the immediate outdoors useable. Overall, fine. Not great, but not horrible.