Beautiful Victorian in Downtown Cheboygan

Very nice house and location made for a wonderful family vacation. Thank you!

Very delightful home.Good communication. Some dog hair that caused some allergies Otherwise very good.

This large Victorian house is in a quiet neighborhood that is close to many interesting spots in Cheboygan. We took family photos at Gordon Turner Park by Lake Huron. The sunset there was to die for. Our family (13 people) had room to spread out in the house. The bunk room was great for our cousin sleepover with 4 beds in one room. The Blackstone grill was perfect for making meals. There are 2 refrigerators and pretty much everything you could need. The house has lots of character and is well maintained. If we are back in the area, we would stay here again. Great communication. Easy check-in. We had a wonderful time celebrating the 4th of July here with our family.

Very beautiful home in a nice neighborhood! Plenty of lounging space for all 13 of us! Kitchen nicely stocked, plenty of towels. We did have one big issue…the stove/oven stopped working the very first morning we were there! Even after speaking to the host and numerous trips to the basement nothing we tried made it work! Very frustrating not to have a stove and no one came the 4 days we were there to look at it! Also, listing is a little miss leading! 2 of the rooms with twin beds consisted of twin mattresses on the floor in the upstairs eaves. We could not stand up straight in either side and I’m only 5’5”!!! Very cramped arrangements and not what I considered bedrooms! Also queen mattress in office is actually just an air mattress on the floor! Property host may need new cleaning people as home was not ready for guests as towels, dishes and some items not put away or cleaned!

Our family gathered and had a great time!

Randy was an excellent host, great with communication! We had a last-minute kennel cancellation and needed to bring our dog with us and Randy worked with us so we could make it happen! The home was lovely, clean, comfortable and an excellent space for our group of friends to hang out for a little while and spend some time together. The listing said 11 am checkout and the book on-property said 10 am checkout so I did have to confirm that, but as I said, Randy was great to work with and communication was a breeze.

Randy tried to be accommodating, but I feel like this listing is a little bit misleading. The Air Conditioning only cools part of the house. The downstairs bedroom only had an air mattress in it. The upstairs room, which the listing says it contains two QUEEN BEDS, only has two twin size mattresses on it. The online listing says checkout is 11 am; Randy's book, in the kitchen, says 10 am. This book also states that animals need to remain downstairs and crated, when left at the house, alone. However, there was animal fur all over the house and the upstairs smelled of animals. The king size bed linens were covered in animal fur. There were fur balls in the corners of the kitchen and random band aids on the floors, around the house. There was no propane in the grill, but my family bought (and left) a propane tank at the house, because we kept tripping the breaker of the range, and could not cook inside. There was also a ceiling leak, in the front entry way, from all the rain, that I notified Randy about. -He did give me a slight refund for all the inconveniences. Otherwise, the house is absolutely GORGEOUS. The location is great. The kitchen was stocked full of herbs and spices and enough pots and pans and eating utensils to keep everyone happy. There were a lot of towels to use, for showers or the beach. The back yard and front porch seating areas were cute. I'd recommend bringing some fans for extra comfort and washing the linens before you sleep.

The Host Randy was helpful and was responsive. The house was not clean, at least to our standards. Now it is a very old house so we were not expecting the Ritz but it was not clean. A lady's panties from a previous guest in the chair in the dining room. It took my wife an hour to pick up the dried dog poop from the previous guests. The kitchen bathrooms just were not overall cleaned. The upstairs was pretty clean. This house needs money put into it. The dishwasher was broken and wouldn't drain. You cant have ANY two appliances going at any one time or you would trip the circuit breaker. Then you have to go down in a super creepy basement with TONS of spiderwebs to flip it back on. You can't have breakfast and coffee, you need to pick one. The firepit is just on the cement...so when enjoying a fire an explosion like a gunshot would go off. The fan in the 1st floor bathroom is literally in the shower with open wires. We were exhausted after a 21 hour drive and found out there was not a bed in the master. It is an air mattress. House has potential and Randy was helpful but this house and the house cleaner need a lot of work.

Overall, it was a good stay. However, we were extremely disappointed in finding air matresses in two of the rooms. Owner responded to inquiries quickly.

We had 2 families staying together in this place and found it had more than enough room for all of us. The porch swing was a nice touch. The neighborhood was quiet and the town of Cheboygan offers good food and dessert. We were a 15 min drive away from the Mackinac star line ferry, which was very convenient. Randy, the owner, communicated very well. The stove was out of service during our stay, but he supplied us with an electric stovetop which sufficed for our needs. One small problem was that the outside garbage had not been collected by the time we got there, so we were unable to throw our trash in the bin as it was overly full. That was probably due to it being a holiday weekend. Other than that, we recommend this place especially if you plan to go to Mackinac Island but don't want to stay on the island.