My family and I rented this house for a fun stay at Lake Norman and overall we enjoyed our stay here but there were a few things that I would say were lacking, which was a total bummer given all the pros that this location and house have to offer.
Pros:
- the location of the house is perfect
- the neighborhood is adorable.
- the upstairs part of the house is lovely with beautiful wood ceilings and floors, a nice big kitchen sink, and a master bathroom that is just awesome
- there is a laundry room with a working washer and dryer
- Roku TV in living room
- the house stays cool and was comfortable for the times we were there and while sleeping
Cons:
- the downstairs looks like maybe it hasn't yet been remodeled as the bathroom looked older and the two bedrooms were pretty sparse-feeling with just beds in the rooms
- be sure to bring or buy your own laundry detergents, coffee creamers, and other basics as there are none provided (there was ground coffee and sugar available)
- we actually did not end up using one of the bedrooms (my mom ended up sleeping in the same room with my kids) because all it had in it was a bed and about 8 huge bug traps lining the walls (there were no other bug traps anywhere in the house), so we left it empty for fear of being mauled by whatever bugs that many traps were left for
- There was not much in the way of towels, kitchen sponges, or paper towels. All the towels were older-looking towels and instead of hand towels there were a bunch of old wash cloths that we used because we hadn't thought to pack towels for our stay. There was one roll of paper towels that we went through pretty quickly given the lack of cloth towels so we had to run to the store to buy more. I found a couple of old dish sponges under the sink but we did not use them to clean dishes as they looked like they were more for scrubbing sinks and countertops.
- the pots and pans are very old and not great for cooking with, so we ended up eating out mostly
- there is no barbecue outside
- no deck or lawn furniture to use
- there was a fire pit, but there was not any wood to use except a couple old termite-eaten logs that would not light, but the lack of chairs made it difficult to enjoy a fire pit anyway.
Mostly minor issues, albeit surprising how much they affected our enjoyment of this place. Some new towels and other home basics would pretty much solve the problem and make such a beautiful home more welcoming.