South Haven, Michigan
This is a beautiful, large, super-clean, newly renovated SIX bedroom home. Formerly used as a Boarding House with a Carriage house, this home was saved and redone by the present owners almost 14 years ago. There are 4 bedrooms and 2 full baths up (master bath is one of these), 2 bedrooms & 1/2 bath (with washer & dryer), dining room, living room, kitchen down. It sleeps 15 people in beds (4 queens & 7 twins). Additional area down (Living room/foyer) has single convertible beds. 15 adults can sleep in beds, with an additional adult in a sleeper, plus plenty of room for additional children 2 & under.
This lovely historic home was fully remodeled maintaining the character of the 100+ year-old home that it is. In 2009, this home was one of seven homes feature on the SOUTH HAVEN HOSPICE HOME TOUR, a Christmas Holiday home tour featuring 5 or 6 historic homes that the community is invited to tour.
The home offers a nice covered front porch to sit and relax and people watch! Rear of home also has a covered deck to relax and side entry has grill.
1 block from downtown South Haven, about five blocks to Lake Michigan South Beach! Walk to all of the local restaurants and taverns. Bike rental located than 200 yards away. Less than 1/4 mile to Clementine's, Tello's, Maria's, Captain Nemo's, Brick's Corner Pizza, Taste, and Thirsty Perch. New restaurant open right across street for breakfast & lunch - 6 Chicks. Less than 1/2 mile to the Idler, York's and Captain Lou's on the river! There are two Antique Malls also within walking distance for the antique lovers! You can literally walk to the restored South Haven Lighthouse and watch the sunsets! Farmer's Market in Season is only 2 blocks from you and in the winter this is the ice skating arena! The fireworks are a 5 block walk and the parades, including the 4th of July & Blueberry Festival Parade are steps away from you!
There are wine vineyards 10 minutes from South Haven, Tulip Festival in Holland (30 minutes), art & craft fairs are all within walking or 3 minute drive. This is one of the convenient locations for anyone visiting South Haven Festivals!
During our summer season we may choose to rent a minimum of 3 days. If you request a 2 day stay, depending on the calendar and bookings, there may be an additional charge per day. (1/2 of daily rate during stay/day.)
This property is a locally owned home so if a problem arises, help is close by.
The house was extremely clean and certainly met our group size. The kitchen appliances were very nice. The primary bedroom and bath were excellent. The attached bathroom to that bedroom was great! Very spacious. Washer and dryer were handy. Front porch wasn’t fancy, but we enjoyed sitting there and visiting. Right across the street from the best breakfast spot in South Haven (Six Chicks). Sits on a busy street, so the street noise was very noticeable in the front rooms. Parking was spacious for the three cars in our group. Could easily have handled a couple more. The beach chairs were a great bonus. Didn’t use the yard and fire pit as the bushes and plants around the house are a bit over grown. About two minute drive to the South Beach and a 3-minute walk to Downtown South Haven. 5-7 minute drive to Sherman’s Ice Cream and Three Blondes Brewing. There was a mixup on check in date, so we didn’t get the door code before we arrived. Had to make several calls before getting a response about how to get in. We finally got contacted by phone 20-30 minutes after we arrived. The owner was very apologetic, but we’ve always been contacted by a VRBO owner at least a day or two in advance. Would definitely rent this property again, though! Lovely home!
We had a great trip to South Haven. This house was great for a large group. Kids were able to walk to the beach. Everyone enjoyed themselves are were able to spread out. Rooms were quiet.
This is an old property with lots of room. Nicely updated bathrooms. Well-equipped kitchen. Lots of towels! Washer and dryer. Some Mattresses a bit soft for us. Walk to downtown. Short drive to great beaches. Don’t be put off by lack of landscaping. We would come back for sure. Great communication with host.
We drove into the driveway from a major busy road and thought no curb appeal: landscape overgrown and in need of paint, but as we walked inside we found the house clean, well stocked with towels, kitchen plates, silverware, coffee pots (drip and Keurig) and perfect bed and gathering spaces. All 15 of us had beds. Some beds could use new mattresses. A full bath downstairs would be better, but with two full baths upstairs it was accommodating, and washer and dryer in downstairs bathroom was so nice to wash towels and such. Front Porch shaded in the morning to sip coffee and back porch shaded at night to sip drinks. Easy walking distance to downtown shops and beach. In general, we had a fantastic time in South Haven and Saugetuck. We enjoyed an afternoon on a rented pontoon boat in South Haven and a fun time on a sand dune ride in Saugetuck. The hosts are great. They immediately answer any questions and took care of any problems. We arrived to find no paper products, emailed host, who immediately had paper products delivered. The hosts were easy to communicate with, and at the last minute agreed to our grand dog coming along on our vacation. I would recommend this house for other family gatherings.
This property is in easy walking distance from downtown South Haven and Lake Michigan. House was clean. Easy check-in. We would stay there again.
Large house, close to everything, and good communication with the owner!
We stayed for a long weekend in south haven at this house and had a great time! The host kindly came when we got there and helped to answer any questions and let us know about parking. Easy walk to downtown and the beach. We would definitely book this house again!
This property is large with enough beds for everyone. The location is great! An easy walk to everything. We had a very enjoyable stay.
Starting with the positives: - The owners are very kind and easy to communicate with. - Check in and out was simple and straightforward - Inside property was clean - South Haven is great! - This property would work well for a group of adults Things we didn't realize from the ad: - The house is on a very busy street. Not great if you have small kids, we couldn't let them outside without close supervision - The property has a tenant living in back (he was kind but we were unaware) - The property is too far for kids to walk to the lake - The instructions inside the property request we not use the 1 bathtub. Again, not great if you have kids as bathtime was difficult - The garbage bins hadn't been picked up when we arrived on a Sunday. (They were picked up on Tuesday morning). The smell was rough and precluded us from spending any time outside
We had a large family vacation in this house for four nights and everyone had plenty of space. The house was clean and had everything we needed. The location was within walking distance to the downtown shopping area which was very convenient.
House was as listed. Ann was very accommodating and responded quickly. We were surprised there was not shampoo , conditioner or sugar. Ann did tell us where a dollar store was. Loved the wagon that was there for our use. I would suggest some landscaping as the side door has overgrown plants on the ramp.
The house as a whole was adequate; kitchen was nice size, dining room tablet was able to accommodate a family if 15 in 2 shifts, so it was good. However the chairs in the eating area were terrible- they were cushioned chairs without any cushioning whatsoever—you kinda sunk into the seat on all the chairs, bedrooms were a nice size and able to accommodate a family of 15 however the beds need upgrading, the adults as well as the kids after 3 nights had backaches. Towels were clean and adequate. The only bathtub in the house had a hole in it so the owner asked us to not use the tub and only use the shower, using the tub might cause water damage to the room below. The inside of the house was however clean. The outside of the house was overgrown with weeds . Was not able to use much less get to the backyard. The ramp going up to the grill on the side of the house was also overgrown with weeds. The sitting area around the firepit was also overgrown with weeds. The picture of the house on VRBO is a misrepresentation of what the outside of the house looks like. We would not book again.
We stayed here for our annual girls trip, the location was perfect! A few blocks to the beach & downtown. The rooms were set up great and the beds were comfortable. We would definitely stay here again.
We really enjoyed our stay here
Big, older house near the shops and easy walk to the beach. Easily accommodated 10 adults and 2 kids. Small yard--just enough space for a fire pit and 6-8 chairs. Lots of parking. We found a few (disgusting) items left behind by the previous guests, but I didn't inform the host until we checked out (we cleaned them up). Host was apologetic and said she would make sure the cleaners were aware and checked the space thoroughly. We might stay here again since it fits our large family and is in a great location.
The location is fantastic—very close proximity to the South Haven business district and walkable distance to Lake Michigan.
Had a great time with family at this home. Everything we needed!
My parents, my aunt and uncle, my sister Sasha her hubby, myself, my hubby and my teenaged daughter all stayed very comfortably with a room to spare! There were porches with shade, porches with sun, a fire pit and even a place for the dogs. Ann Ava Ralph truly have a gem of a property! The victorian wood work and extremely cool antiques were such a treat. Definately recommend!
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