The house was great five stars for the house, and check-in was fine. The House was as advertised and very nice with a great view of the pond in a very quiet area. The problem was that it was a record-breaking hot weekend and we were not able to swim because the floating swim platform had come loose and beached itself against the shore. The pond around the dock is so rocky and the bottom mucky that you really cannot swim there so the swim platform is necessary to be able to swim and enjoy the pond. We were not able to swim and enjoy the pond on a very hot weekend because of this. I normally leave five-star reviews and would have here if we could have used the swim platform but with it, we were sitting in a waterfront house on a very hot weekend unable to swim. The Host did respond and suggest we could swim from the canoes that are provided but if you have ever tried you know swimming out of a canoe is not that easy especially if you are not a strong swimmer and my wife is not so we were very disappointed not to have the platform to use as it was one of the main reasons we booked this property. I hate leaving less than a five-star review as the house was great but the experience was severely compromised by not being able to enjoy swimming in the pond on the super hot weekend as I said swimming off the dock is not really an option due to the rocks and mucky bottom there. So if you are not concerned with swimming the house was great but if you are going there to swim make sure that the swim platform is operational.