Escape to this truly unique and beautiful 4 bedroom, 4 bath home located less than 10 minutes from the Indiana Dunes, and Porter Beach, 15-30 minutes from multiple other Michigan beaches, and one hour from downtown Chicago - train service is available for purchase less than 10 minutes from the home for an easy traffic-free excursion into the city! The home is nestled on 2 acres and offers large living spaces, a full service kitchen, dining room, laundry room, a screened in porch with television, and multiple outside decks. This is the perfect setting for a family vacation, friend trip, or a long weekend retreat. Explore the Indiana Dunes State and National parks which are perfect for hiking, biking, sitting on the beach, and observing breath-taking sunsets. If you catch a clear day, you can see a beautiful view of downtown Chicago! Evenings can be spent relaxing to the glow of the massive stained glass window over the marble fireplace, sitting outside with a fire, shooting a game of pool, playing one of the console video games, reading a book, or driving into Chesterton or Valparaiso which offer shopping, restaurants, breweries, wineries, and other fun activities. This property will not disappoint! Come relax and enjoy our beautiful home.
The house was amazing. We had a wonderful time. It was stocked with everything we needed and it was great to have so many bedrooms and bathrooms for our family. The house was clean and the grounds were immaculate. We would definitely stay here again!
This is a beautiful house with everything you would need to house a large family. Several spaces to hang out. Fun things to do in the house: darts, pool, video game, access to multimedia and surround sound, board games. Super convenient location for the Dunes. Canât say enough, weâll be back!
The house is stunning, inside and out. It is a perfect location for a Dunes vacation. Jenn was great and responded quickly when needed. The kitchen is well equipped with a gas stove top and oven, extra appliances, beautiful and spacious fridge and a great breakfast bar. The entire family loved the old style arcade bowling, chess and pool. They have a great variety of books and games. We found a new game that we will need to purchase too, Smart AssâWe would definitely return if the opportunity arises!!
overall, a very nice accommodation for the 8 of us.Some minor things which are not dealbreakers. The kitchen cabinets are for tall people - if you are on the shorter side, difficult to reach glasses, cups, etc. Only one room is accessible for anyone having difficulties with stairs. And bathrooms are not all adjacent to bedrooms. Very nice decor with interesting touches throughout the house, TV's galore and so many games, activities. We also especially enjoyed the screened in porch in the morning drinking our coffee.The Dunes are incredibly close by so very handy. And the grounds are beautiful and well kept. Enough towels and comfortable beds. Maybe some standard size pillows would be nice. I can't say enough about Jennie - very nice and very responsive to all questions. And when we were getting ready to leave and one of us was having car problems, let us know if we needed more time to depart, it was no problem. We would definitely stay again and recommend others to stay as well.
My husband and I love to travel! Since our kids are grown and living on thier own, it is a perfect time for us to spend the summer in our camper visiting many of the beautiful state and national parks this great country has to offer. Instead of leaving our home empty, we thought we would allow others to come and enjoy what northwest Indiana and the Indiana Dunes State and National parks have to offer!
The back portion of the home used to be a carriage house for another property next door. In the 1940's it was converted to a small 1300 square foot home. The large deck at the back of the property was the original deck connected to the small home. Around 2010, a whopping 3500 square foot plantation/modern style addition was put on the front portion of the home, making this a nearly 5000 square foot house. The center point of the addition is the massive stained glass window over the oversized marble and black walnut fireplace and 30 foot ceilings. The main staircase railings were designed and custom built using metal and black walnut. The black and white checkered floor inside the front door is another unique feature. The front second story patio connects to the game room and to the primary bedroom. The primary bedroom has a second private patio at the back of the house. There is also a screened in room off of the dining room and living room, and a massive outside patio for entertaining.