The overall location of this house is great. A few minutes from the Van Buren State Park, which has a beach (rocky, bring water shoes), dunes, and beautiful views of Lake Michigan. It is a very short drive to South Haven, which has several lovely and sandy beaches, a cute downtown area, and a big wooden play structure outside for kids. Not a lot to do if it's rainy out for young children though. We also brought our bikes, and biked to town in on the Van Buren Trail, which is very close to the house as well. The house itself could use a little TLC. Quite a few spiders, ants, and other insects inside. The water is hard water, so we bought bottled water from the local store across the road. The fire pit outside was wonderful though, and the view of the stars from the fire pit is amazing. Overall, we enjoyed our stay and made good use of everything around.