Mears, Michigan
The Manor at Val-Du Lakes, was built as a turn of the century boarding house 1888. In 2000, it was reconstructed to reflect the era's beauty, from the furnishings to the original hardwood floors. We hope that you will appreciate the care and hard work that went into this large 8 bedroom, 4 bath home @ Val-Du-Lakes Resort. It is only 1.5 miles East of Silver Lake and 2 miles from Lake Michigan. Home sleeps 20 comfortably. The Manor is rented from late April- mid October There is a 3 night minimum, with the exception of July July is a 7 night minimum. Most everything you need will be provided except bath towels, toiletries and food. You will have a starting supply of paper products. There are 8 bedrooms, 4 full baths, w/ tub & showers, living room, formal dining room and a large front porch/sun room for relaxing. Central air and heat, on both levels . The large yard also has a fire pit for the star gazers in your group, a large , private back deck and a hot tub for your use. Bar/restaurant next door for your dining and entertainment pleasures. There is plenty of parking for your vehicles and trailers for your toys. There's nothing else like this in Silver Lake! Call now to reserve your date. 616-813-6690
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House worked out great for group of 18 people. We had two people unable to do the stairs and it worked out fine. Within an hour of all we wanted to do. Restaurant/Bar right behind the house with good food. Special care needed to be taken in house due to hardwood floors and some nice tables/antiques but everyone was happy to comply.
Large home just as described. Nicely renovated. A few little oddities but made the home unique. Close to dunes and town. Nice hot tub and fire pit. Lots of spices in kitchen.
My siblings and our kids rented the manor for a quick summer trip. There was plenty of space, the location was great and the house was really unique. We would book again.
Large house with plenty of gathering space and bedrooms for an entire family. Service and attentiveness of property managers quick and thorough. As a historic home, this property has its share of quirks that are important to know about to make sure it will work for your group.
With the flavor of an 1800s camp lodge, but all the amenities you could ask for, the Manor was a great choice for our trip to Michigan. We had several friends with us and used all eight of the bedrooms! Even then, the house was spacious enough that everyone was comfortable, and the kitchen was fully outfitted, as well! Definitely a return stay for our next trip!
This, being the second year that we held our family reunion at the manor, it was more like coming home again. I can't imagine a more relaxing property in which to enjoy family. Mary greeted me at checkin with the house keys and wished us a good week. Brian fixed a little problem with hot water to the upstairs bathrooms and made sure that we had outside water access for our big seafood boil late in the week. Other than that, they gave us our privacy. Just like last year, we had world cup soccer on the tv, card games and jigsaw puzzles in the front sun room, dirty ace games in the dining room when we weren't eating, beanbag toss and frizbee in the side yard. Air conditioning and wireless internet worked great. We enjoyed the nice new refrigerator in the kitchen and the second fridge on the lower level. We had no problems with the manor during the week and would consider yet another return trip in the future. Thanks Mary and Brian!
The trip was great. The house is perfect for a group, big or small. the house is set up for groups and well stocked. I love the house and grounds. I will make this a yearly trip. The weather could not have been better. We all had a great time, and cant wait till next year.
What a wonderful location for a family reunion! We enjoyed the Manor and found it perfect for our needs. The kitchen was stocked with all the dishes and utensils needed, the dining room was great for meals and large card games and the TV room had world cup soccer on constantly. The sun room was the prime meeting place for chats, reading, jigsaw puzzles and smaller card games. We found the bedrooms comfortable with each having its own character. We really appreciated the air conditioning as the temperature reached well into the 90's during the week, but the manor remained cool for sleeping. There was plenty of parking both in front of the manor and across Wilson Road in the mowed field. The manor sits on a lovely wooded area, perfect for kickball, whiffleball and soccer. It also served us well for our big seafood boil. The internet access was adequate and stable with the DSL modem needing to be rebooted 2 times during the week. I do need to mention a very few things that might need improvement. The stairs to the laundry room and second refrigerator are treacherous and do not have a handrail. I think that a handrail would help tremendously. Secondly, there is no outside access to water. We found this inconvenient when trying to fill our seafood pots for the boil and for cleaning afterward. We were able to work around these very small issues however. I took a survey late in the week, asking everyone if they would like to come back to the manor sometime in the future. Everyone agreed that this was a great place for quality family time and would be happy to return. Brian and Mary were available to answer questions but never intrusive. They seemed pleased that we were having such a good time and asked us to visit them again in the future. We just might do that!
We have stayed at The Manor for several dune trips with large groups of people. There is more than enough room for our trucks, trailers and toys. As always, Brian and Mary are so nice and easy to work with. We will be back again :-).
Would definitely recommend for an extended family getaway. 8 bedrooms 4 full bathrooms and plenty of space. Extra fridge in back patio was great to hold drinks. Gas grill in the backyard is big enough to cook for the entire house at one time. The hot tub was a perfect way to end the night when we didn't start the campfire. With infared water heaters hot showers weren't a problem no matter how many were taken. Location was perfect Hop, skip, and a jump to Silver Lake. Can't wait to go back!!
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