Stealth Cottage | Lakeside historic stay with a dock, bars, and athletic courts Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

Q: Is Stealth Cottage | Lakeside historic stay with a dock, bars, and athletic courts pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

Q: Where is Stealth Cottage | Lakeside historic stay with a dock, bars, and athletic courts located?

Situated on the waterfront, this holiday home is within 6 miles (10 km) of Contessa Wine Cellars, Karma Vista Vineyards and Winery and Surfari Joe's Indoor Wilderness Water Park. Lake Michigan and Four Winds Casino Hartford are also within 9 miles (15 km).

10/10 Excellent

krysta r.

13 Oct 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

fun stay

stayed for 4 days and loved every second of it. The house/property is in a great location, easy to find, close to dining and shops as well. All in all, 10/10 stay.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

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10/10 Excellent

Jodi K.

18 Jun 2024

Great historic lake home

Lots of charm in this lake home. It is located directly across the street from the lake but very easy access with a great dock.

10/10 Excellent

Isaac S.

7 Sept 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

Too early of a checkout

The house itself was beautiful. We definitely would use again. The only issue we ran into was having a checkout time of 10 am and finding out too late that we could extend our time. Check your emails regularly to see if/when you can add a later checkout so you don’t miss it

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

William B.

6 Aug 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

cool cottage steps from paw paw lake

Great property very comfortable with 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths and a sleeping loft with 5 beds. Huge yard with volleyball net and fire pit. Lake was an easy walk across the street with shared dock with a cool bar at the dock. Kitchen had everything we needed ( even a dishwasher and garbage disposal) only problem was I could not get the outdoor gas grill to work but not a big deal. Lake was nice and Lake Michigan Hager beach was only about 10 minutes. great beach and dog friendly. South Haven was about 15 minutes. overall great place for my family and dog.

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

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6/10 Okay

Jennifer S.

27 Sept 2024

Lake house

Nice, average lake house. House and items inside are dated. Pics are a little nicer than actual reality. Most beds comfy! Lots and lots of kitchen supplies provided but few important ones missing. AC works amazing. Dock across the street is a little rough/unsafe for kids and could use some improvements. FYI, One of the main pics listed in this listing is not the dock that this house actually uses. The little bar area by the dock is super. Could use some updated outdoor furniture.

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6/10 Okay

Miguel C.

1 Jun 2025

Make sure to check the property when you arrive.

It was listed with 3 bedrooms and the loft but when we arrived we noticed that 2 of the rooms were connected with one door leading to outside so if your roommate wanted privacy you’d have to go outside and through the front door. Next this is not a lake front property the lake is across the street so details were misleading in the vrbo details. our group was excited to enjoy the bar by the lake but we found that it was torn down and the plywood on the dock was flimsy so some of our group didn’t want to risk falling in. Finally we come to our bathroom issue the plumbing was missing under the sink and we did not notice till there was water leaking on the floor and one of our guest slipped. We opened the cabinet and found that all the towels they provided were soaked and the pvc pipe was gone so our group of 8 had to share a sink that was connected to one of rooms which made it uncomfortable. We contacted support and they weren’t really helpful. they made it seem like it wasn’t a big deal and didn’t offer much credit to our stay. I wouldn’t come back to that property but the lake was nice and area was quiet hope to find a different property in the area next time.

4/10 Poor

Allison W.

8 Jul 2025

Liked: Check-in

Disliked: Listing accuracy

Needs work, could be a good stay with investment in the property, not worth what the house is listed

while the host was very friendly-- this home is not worth the value it is listed at and we are very disappointed what we spent for our three night stay. We only flushed toilet paper and the toilets kept clogging. the garbage disposal did not work. many light switches did not work. the yard was nice and the deck was nice but we wish we would have known how close we were to the owners (want to emphasize how nice they were). the igniter on the grill did not work. a member of our group had their foot go through the dock and we are lucky they were not hurt. part of the dock that goes to the ladder is not crossable and visibly collapsing so it was difficult to get in and out of the water and the dock had exposed wires. this would not be safe for kids. and would be a huge liability if a family brought young kids to this house. and the bar area by the water is so dirty from the bar itself to the furniture around it that it was unusable. overall, we decided we would return to paw paw lake but not to this house. We were extremely disappointed in the condition of the house after reading a negative review prior to our stay and reaching out to vacasa about the concerns and we were assured that this property was well maintained and it was not. if you are looking for somewhere to stay if you are not staying at the house during the day, this would be fine.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Lacy D.

14 Aug 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location

The cottage accommodated our large group well. We ate several prepared meals, played lots of volleyball and had a couple of nights by the fire. Our main attraction to the cottage was the lake with kayaks and lakeside bar area. Unfortunately, the writeup does not mention that the outdoor lake area is across the street and shared with the owner's family. Several times we were unable to use the outdoor facilities because their family had congregated by the water. The volleyball area also had dog poo from the owner's dog running the property. The dog is very sweet, but no one wants to step in it. The owner uses Vacasa to manage the property. Prior to our trip, Vacasa did not respond to messages in a timely manner. My past experiences/communications with VRBO owners has been within 24 hours. One message required more than 3 days for a reply. All in all, we enjoyed ourselves, but we think the description of the property lacks some important details about the shared facilities and amenities.

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Traci M.

23 Sept 2024

Liked: Check-in, communication, location

Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

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10/10 Excellent

Amanda C.

1 Sept 2024

Super nice space

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

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