Norton Shores, Michigan
Lovely Raised Ranch, w dining room, 2 full size living room & family rooms.. large brick fireplace sliding glass patio to one of three cedar in decks… Family room has additional kitchen lots of coverage space and additional bath and four steps down to workout room…Main kitchen Fully stocked and equip new pots pans dishes and two dining room tables one that seats 10 on main floor.
Dining room living room have skylights and attached to one of three extremely large cedar decks with commercial grade cooking grill The backyard deck is attached to this level. Lower level has finished den, bedroom, and half bath with deck access. Basement is unfinished and contains washer, dryer, furnace and some house supplies.
Upper level has 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, and the master bedroom has it's own deck, from which you can hear the lakes waves. Sleeps 9
We are five homes from our front door to our own private beach that belongs to the Hathaway Court Association.
(Do Not use LME Assoc Beach on Applewood Ln)
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It's a fabulous place for a family outing...could fix the deck so as not to get splinters...The pool is a great plus with the house. I would suggest a book that sits in the entryway of all the rules of the rental and what's in the area instead of notes everywhere. We had a wonderful stay with our family.....But...the host is condescending and speaks too much about how much she spends on her repairs. She also seems very distrustful and told us several times the property manager would be down to count the people...never came??? We're in our 60's...it's not like we were trying to cheat her. All in all if you didn't have to deal with Sheila it would be a great experience.
Loved this home. Close to beaches, parks and shopping. Enjoyed seeing turkeys and deer close by. Host was super accommodating.
Second stay at this property. And once again it did not disappoint. Pool is very well maintained and the diving board and slide are an added bonus. Checkin and communication with owner are easy. Neighborhood is quiet and safe.Was a great way to spend time with the grandkids. Loved that there were enough bedrooms that they had their own rooms….allowed them their own space for down time and privacy. Hoping to rent again next year.
We had a great time. Teaches in the area are beautiful and we enjoyed the pool. The grandkids loved all the wildlife in the neighborhood.
Excellent location with easy access to Norton Shores, Muskegon and Grand Haven. Nice neighborhood, excellent pool and super responsive owner. Sheila was wonderful to deal with.
We had to change our dates on the front end due to our neighbor’s death, and waiting until his family arrived.The owner was most accommodating and offered the 3 days on the back end.Which we took her up on right away.Our intentions of our trip was attending my father’s Birthday.Instead it turned out my father passed away.The owner began was keeping in touch with me as she was a grieving counselor so she stated. Being my father’s POA I was quite busy meeting with funeral director closing up his apt etc… I had my husband dealing with owner of property who was now requesting making of new keys for the property, sending overnight to her(but did not give us her address) tho believed she did.Requesting pics of her pool cover, then asking for payment for the extra nights we stayed?On the day of the viewing. On the day of my father’s funeral she demanded on us to leave because she was dealing with her own grief and had been most kind to us for allowing us to stay for free. We had not paid anything extra!What?we stayed 10 nights so far paid the fee of $2000.00 plus tax plus her cleaning fee. We were staying one extra night which she had texted originally stay as long as you want no other renters are booked! On her. Then she started asking for money, telling me she did not want my husband calling her,I did not overnight her the keys, threatened to drive up from CHicago, the night before the funeral, she was allowing me to stay out of the goodness of her heart. She knew I was dealing with a lot with my siblings and she was praying for me but I was taking advantage of her! I have no idea where this was coming from. She finally gave us her address my husband overnighted the keys we paid to have copied for her, paid to overnight for her, we did stay 11 nights. So we owe for one more night less the overnight shipping and keys being made which came to $62.00. So I guess we still owe her another $138.00. We will agree to mail her a check in this amount. But we do not owe another week of cleaning fees, or another week of staying. She accidentally sent me a text meant for her property manager stating she asked us to leave we agreed to leave so the “PAYING” guests could check in as soon as we are out and the house is cleaned. When she had offered the house to us at no cost we would not accept and stated we would only stay and pay! So if we had stayed longer we had every intention of paying for the nights we stayed beyond our original contract. I have saved all texts
We stayed at this home a full week in August, and spent the majority of our time on the spacious back deck and in the pool. The pool was clean and clear the entire time. The kitchen was stocked with everything we needed and the house has an over-abundance of linens, blankets and towels, including beach towels. The surrounding neighborhood is quiet and friendly, and had a lot of wild turkeys and other wildlife that provided us with daily entertainment.. Nearby Muskegon has an awesome beach (Pere Marquette), and is, so far the best beach we've been to on Lake Michigan. Grand Haven and Holland are pretty close driving distance and offer a great variety of shopping and eating establishments. The owner was friendly and attentive and was quick to respond to our questions. Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay and so appreciate Sheila sharing her home with us.
We had a fun stay at Sheila’s place for my dad’s 70th birthday celebration. The pool was clean and fun and we enjoyed visiting all the nearby beaches.
We specifically rented this home because of the in ground pool and it did not disappoint. The pool is large and well maintained. The slide and diving board were big hits with the kids. The home was spacious and well stocked. Sheila was very prompt in responding to our booking request and questions. Our only disappointment was there was not a fire pit to make s’mores. We will definitely be considering renting here again.
Host was accommodating and had excellent communication. Spacious home for our family vacation.
Great proximity to Muskegon, Grand Haven and other Michigan lake towns. Several secluded beaches within walking distance (for most) as well as short (~10 minutes) drive to Pere Marquette, PJ Hoffmeister beaches. The combo of pool and beach was perfect. The kitchen is very well stocked with supplies to cook any meal. The wifi was spotless even with 5 phones, a laptop and an x-box running. Sleeping was great - the beds and linens were comfortable all around. The plentiful bath and pool towels were appreciated. The pool and deck were our basecamp for the week. Tall trees all around and very quiet setting made for heavenly floating, grilling, splashing, diving and sliding!
This house has everything we needed for a fabulous week on the lake! The local beaches were beautiful and having the pool literal steps out the back door made our trip memorable! Sheila is amazing to work with and was gracious and a great communicator!
The pool was never ready for swimming the entire time we were there. We only rented this property because it had a swimming pool. The property does not have wifi - unless you have Infinity in which case one can use the property as a hot spot, or if a password had been available, there may have been wifi available. While the house is nice, it is not well maintained either inside or outside. The best rooms were the living room and the dining room and all the beds were comfortable.. I don't think this property was ready for renters. There was wet laundry in the washer and dirty laundry in a pile next to the washer, plus the pool was dirty!.
Of course we would like our vacations to run smoothly and seamless but reality does call for a few hiccups. The reason I gave this property 5 stars is not because it was perfect but for the efforts of Sheila to make my stay as enjoyable as possible. The pool looked like it was not serviced in weeks. Not Sheila's fault, the pool company was not honoring the contract. Sheila lives in another state and must rely on the contracted people to do their job. Once Sheila found out the issue, someone was there within the hour to clean the pool. The listing mentioned TV. There was one TV, no cable or antenna. So just static. The Apple TV was missing. Sheila made this situation right. The reason I chose this property was the size and the accommodation of pets. This was all perfect. My 14 year old yorkie loved exploring the fenced in yard. The house had plenty of towels, cleaning supplies etc. Things I would normally bring with me to rental homes. I brought extra and it was already there. The 2 bikes in the garage was a nice touch. The tire pumps worked fine. The location was perfect. Everything was close and easy to navigate. All in all everything worked out great. I would highly recommend this listing to others. Sheila was great and very accommodating. One thing stuck me funny, I own a 3 bedroom tri-level like this house and have the exact same tile in the foyer and downstairs bathroom. Coincidence?
It was a great experience. We surprised family who live in Norton Shores for a monumental birthday. The location was centrally located. Easily accessible for mom with a cane.
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