This house has a wonderful floor plan, especially if you have kids who need lots of space to play. The layout is excellent for living as it is open, bright and very functional. The best part of the house, in our opinion, is the huge, screened porch overlooking Lake Keowee. We practically lived out there from morning to night. It has a great living area with lots of comfortable chairs and sofas, a large table for meals and a fabulous swinging "bed" that hangs fro the ceiling. The kids loved that!
The house is on a hill above the lake and requires a lot of stair climbing to get to and from the dock. The dock is wonderful with a large landing jet ski dock and covered slip for a small boat. Lots of fun anytime.
We had a few things that we did not like, however. The house did not seem to have been cleaned well prior to our arrival. We actually had to do some cleaning ourselves which included cleaning out the refrigerator, wiping down the counters, window sills, and other areas. There was no toilet paper aside from a partial roll in each bath. No soap was provided in the baths either. The beds were not made up and had the sheets in a pile on the corner of each bed. We had to make all the beds ourselves before we could use them. It was hard to tell if the sheets had even been cleaned. No one liked the sheets that were provided. They were hot, polyester sheets that felt like you were sleeping in plastic wrap. Several in our party even elected to sleep on the bedspread because the sheets were so uncomfortable!
The gas grill had an empty gas canister which we had to replace at our expense at the local Lowes. We left it there for the next guest.
All in all, we got the feeling that we were just using the owner's house as they left it. It did not have the ambiance that most VRBO and Homeaway rentals we had become used to. These inconveniences, though small, could have been rectified easily and at little cost to the owner. There were only three chairs on the dock. That made using it for relaxation for 6 adults difficult. Finally, the landscaping was very rough and muddy. It appeared that no one cared about the beauty of the place or that you had to navigate muddy hills to get to and from the dock.
This rental just needs to pay attention to the little things.
Maybe even a bottle of wine, some snacks ad a welcome card on the kitchen island would have made us feel more like paying guests than family members.