Gainesville, Georgia
Welcome to one of the best places on Lake Lanier to have your family reunion!
An extremely unique and private luxury family retreat with a swimming pool and 2-story boat dock on Lake Lanier. A one-of-a-kind home for your family to spend quality time together!
This 6,000+ square foot home has 5 bedrooms on a 3+ acres surrounded by forest. Every bedroom has a King bed and its own private bathroom. Plus 3 additional twin beds (13 total guests). Gourmet kitchen, swimming pool surrounded by palm trees, outdoor tikki bar, downstairs entertainment room, pool table and ping pong table - this house has it all!
A walking path through the woods takes you to our private 2 story boat dock with entertainment deck on a quiet cove in the desirable, quiet northern section of Lake Lanier. We can provide referrals for boat rentals.
Comfort, luxury, and memorable in every way. Enjoy multiple living spaces, dining, and entertainment areas. The grand living room is surrounded by windows in every direction. Watch your grandchildren play in the pool from a shady spot under our pool umbrellas, or from the living room window or the cozy screened-in porch. Enjoy the big sky in this unique, extremely private setting. Unlike most houses on Lake Lanier, you do not have neighboring houses close by.
Stunning architecture including high vaulted ceilings with wood paneling above the open concept floor plan. The main upstairs living space is spectacular. Relax in comfortable sofas from RH while watching the big screen Smart TV over the beautiful stone fireplace. The dining room table seats 8-10 people with additional seating for 4-6 at the round dining table by the windows overlooking the pool. The kitchen island has 6 bar stools.
Featuring a well stocked, gourmet kitchen. If your family enjoys cooking meals together, this is the house for you! With plenty of room for multiple chefs to prepare your favorite meals on the spacious granite countertops and prep areas, you'll find high quality chef knives and a thoughtful variety of kitchen tools and accessories to make you feel at home. For coffee lovers, we provide Keurig, classic drip, Chemex, french press, glass pour over, our grandmother's percolator and a Baratza burr coffee grinder!
Dining options include lots of restaurants within 20-25 minutes including Gainesville's popular Town Square, nearby Dawsonville, and the award-winning vineyards and town of Dahlonega (Architectural Digest - #3 of 21 Best Small Towns in America). Instacart also delivers to the house.
We have high speed fiber internet with 100+ channels of TV, Netflix and Amazon Prime for streaming. With a pool table in the downstairs entertainment area, a ping pong table in the garage, a variety of board games, and lots of quiet reading nooks, there is always something to do inside as well as outside.
Luxurious hotel quality bedding! All bedrooms have new hand-crafted mattresses by Kluft and Aireloom (made by Kluft). Enjoy an amazing night's sleep in beautiful, luxurious bed-linens from Portugal. Fine cotton percale sheets with hemstitched detail and yes, our down pillows are amazing! Down alternative pillows are also available on request.
Spend the day swimming and playing in the lake from our 32 x 32 foot 2 story boat dock on a very quiet cove. We provide two double-seater kayaks and a giant "lily pad" - children love it! The large upper deck has a table, bar area and chaise lounges with a beautiful view down the channel. We love to watch the sun set over the water in the evenings.
After a day on the lake, relax by our refreshing saltwater pool. The pool is bordered by a lush green zoysia grass lawn and beautiful palm trees - all surrounded by natural forest. This is a one-of-a-kind resort quality oasis where you will love spending your days and evenings. At night, enjoy the ambience of the lights on the palm trees reflecting on the surface of the water while you relax in our comfortable poolside furniture.
The pool has an outdoor Tikki bar with a large gas grill and a stainless steel "Le Griddle" for evening cookouts and cocktails. There are multiple seating areas for dining and relaxing under the shade of our pool umbrellas. The outdoor poolside changing room has a bathroom and shower with hot water. The pool can be heated in the off season - a separate fee applies.
Many of our guests rent a boat and keep it at our dock during their stay. We provide referrals for boat rentals including having the boat delivered to our dock.
This is the perfect vacation house for people who are looking for quiet and privacy. You can relax by the pool without hearing boats and jet-skis, and there are no other people or houses in sight.
The house is surrounded by forest. It's a 3 minute walk along a private path through the woods to the boat dock (approx. 220 yards). Part of the path is somewhat steep, but you can avoid this by walking along a side road to the halfway point to the lake. It's a short, easy walk from there. You can park your car or a golf cart at the halfway point - we will show you exactly where. Please inquire for details about golf cart rentals.
Available for weekly rentals in the summer, shorter stays in the off season.
If you are interested in renting this unique lake house to share time with your family and friends, please contact us for more details.
Please note that guests must follow our "House Rules" and sign a Liability Waiver.
Reminder - NO PARTIES or PETS are allowed. This is a NO SMOKING home.
The fireplaces are not available for guest use. The diving board has been removed from the pool for safety reasons.
Please do not try to visit the property before your reservation dates unannounced. Our security system will be triggered. If you would like to see the property before or after booking, please let us know so we can arrange a date and time to meet you there.
JET SKIs - we typically do not allow jet skis at the dock as a courtesy to our neighbors, but feel free to inquire about this.
This property was perfect for a larger group with multiple ages. The basement was a perfect spot for the teenagers! The homes large kitchen made cooking meals so easy. The extra refrigerator and freezer in the garage was such a nice bonus when trying to have enough groceries for a large group. There was plenty of couch space for everyone to sit and relax together. The ping-pong table and pool table were a big hit for everyone. The property was clean and easy to get to. The host Amy was so helpful and easy to communicate with. All of her directions were easy and thorough to understand. We would highly recommend this property!
Everything was great, would definitely stay there again. Amy and Brooks were great to deal with and answered all questions and concerns as needed. I have rented many houses up and down the east coast and this house hit every category we were looking for.
This property was perfect for our family gathering of 9 after a year apart! The pool was wonderful, the spaces for gathering numerous and varied. Amy and Brooks had provided all the essentials and MORE. Only a few made use of the lovely lake and dock but those that did enjoyed it thoroughly. We are certainly contemplating reservations for next year's reunion!
We have an absolutely wonderful time at the house! Everything was perfect! The house was so well equipped and clean! The kids enjoyed the lake and pool so much!! Brooks and Amy are so wonderful and we appreciated everything they did for us, we are so thankful you allowed us to use your house for our family vacation. Look no further, you found the perfect place to stay!!!
The home and the area was amazing. Spending most of the time in the pool and Tiki Bar. Several family members spent time fishing and in the kayaks. Plenty of space for all and cooked amazing meals inside and out. Already looking at dates for next year.
Our family of 9 had a wonderful time! It rained 4 days out of our week, but there was so much to do around the house to keep the kids busy. We did go into town one of the rainy days to play at the arcade/bowling alley which was about 30 minutes away. Having so much space for 5 adults and 4 kids was perfect - there were so many comfy places to sit and talk, read a book, play a game, watch a movie and we never felt crowded. We got to use the kayaks one day and did tons of fishing - even in the rain since there was the deck above. We cooked alot and had everything we needed in the kitchen. The Dollar General was about 15 minutes to get quick things we needed so we didn't have to go all the way into town. Also, Instacart delivers to the house so we had our order delivered the night we arrived which saved so much time after a long drive - highly recommended doing it!
Our family enjoyed our stay at The Overlook. Amy and Brooks made sure that we had everything we could need and had great communication before and during the trip. You’ll get your exercise walking to and from the lake, but the fireflies and deer make it worth the walk. A great getaway at Lake Lanier!
The Overlook property is first class in every way. From king size beds in all 5 bedrooms to truly outstanding furnishings throughout. Amenities like the Tiki outdoor bar and kitchen and large pool are fun and very well done. The double decker dock on the lake is also first class with more fun activities. Unfortunately the lake and dock are not conveniently close to the house and we did miss not having a lake view from the house. The entire family agreed the Overlook is at the top of our list of enjoyable family vacation venues.
Amy and Brook were great too bad it was cold and we were not able to enjoyed the pool but over all it was a memorable experience beautiful home ,if they ever want sell please keep me in mine . Love it .
5 Stars all around! Property, location, owners. Seamless the whole way thru. Our group of 8 enjoyed all this amazing listing had to offer. From the beautiful lake, kayaks, dock, to the pool, pool table, football and baseball games on the smart tv's to dinners in the awesome kitchen and just relaxing and taking it all in. Everything you could think of needing is provided. Communication was great from first contact to check out. We rented a boat and the lake is breathtaking. Highly recommend that. Also if you have any golfers in your group, go play Legacy at lake Lanier, you won't regret it! Thank you Amy and Brooks for your hospitality!!!
My family had our family reunion here and had an incredible time. House was beautiful inside and out and very private. We had the best of both worlds with pool time and lake swimming at their private dock. Highly suggest renting a boat and golf cart to make it easier getting to and from the dock since house sits up high. Owners were very accessible and accommodating. Couldn’t have asked for a better time!
This house and owners were fabulous. The kitchen had every appliance, utensil, bowls, etc imaginable. The pool and lake had numerous floats, toys and life jackets. All the seating areas and beds were comfortable and clean. Great house with tons of space.
Amy and Brooks are the perfect hosts at a perfect property. They have thought of everything you could possibly need: gorgeous, well maintained house with lovely rooms and hang out spaces, wonderful pool with lots of seating, toys and towels, and the lovely lake with kayaks, life jackets and lily pad. Shout out to North Georgia Boat club for a great delivery of a fun boat. We highly recommend the Overlook!!
It is a great property that has lots of details that add to the stay. The home is beautifully furnished. We ate at home for each meal and the kitchen had everything we needed for meal preparations You do need to do food planning ahead because it is about twenty minutes to shopping. The master suite is spacious and wonderful. The screened in sun porch was a favorite of everyone. We rented a pontoon boat for our entire stay but we had a few days of rain so we really didn’t use it too much. The hosts, Amy and Brooks are always available . There are two refrigerators and a freezer . The internet was fine for our needs with a little planning on timing of use.
Beautiful home and perfect for our family of 13! Amy and Brooks have thought of everything and more. We loved having the big refrigerator and big freezer in the garage, the wine refrigerator, the extra dinnerware and silverware. King size beds in every bedroom. The pool was wonderful and the massive amount of pool toys was a big hit with the kids. We made great use of the beautiful enclosed porch. Would recommend this beautiful clean home to everyone!
We had a wonderful weekend at a beautiful and relaxing home! Amy and Brooks were very attentive to our needs, stayed in communication and have a beautiful home that you will love! Have already recommended to several friends!
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