Renee S.
Yelp
Stayed in S17 for a girl's weekend just a few days ago The owners, Fred and Maureen were really a delight to deal with from the initial booking of the cottage (they provided plenty of options, honest and up front about the condition of the unit, never rushed me through the decision even knowing I had 1 other facility I was looking at, friendly, knew my whole groups names after 1 intro, ...the list goes on).
We checked in on Friday afternoon in the midst of a torrential downpour! The room was made up and ready for us,and we were given an extra parking spot and umbrellas to help keep us dry while we unloaded the cars.. The room itself was cozy, functional and clean, exactly as promised. Two queen beds- decent quality, certainly not anything to scream at were in the bedroom along with a chest of drawers and a closet housing blankets/sheets for the pull out. The AC in the bedroom worked very, very well (almost too well!). There was also a door leading to the deck from the bedroom. The living room was again, neat and basic- decent sized couch pulled out into a somewhat comfy queen mattress. TV on the wall between the living room and kitchen made it easy for all of us to watch even if we were spread out. Kitchen was well equipped (minus the oven) with 2 burners, toaster, microwave, full fridge/freezer, ice trays, plates, utensils, etc. We were able to easily make a full breakfast, and pasta dinner with no issues. The small breakfast bar was also a nice treat . The bathroom, off of the kitchen was the most spartan part of the cottage, but it was clean minus the shower could've used one more scrub. The only cons I see with the interior were the carpets could use a nice steam clean (the black marks on our feet from walking around barefoot in the living room tracked into the bathroom!), the shower floor could've used one more scrub (floor had some dingy spots that showed it was wiped down, but not scrubbed).
For the exterior, the deck was just beautiful. Much larger than I expected (spans the length of the cottage) and was clean, with plenty of seating and a great view of the lake.
I was worried this rainy weather would ruin the whole weekend, but we were able to sneak outside during the dry spells and splash around in the lake, use the paddle boat, and of course visit the downtown Weirs Beach boardwalk. The kids enjoyed it as well.
All in all, this was a wonderful venue for a fairly inexpensive girls weekend and I will absolutely be staying here again!