Nice family home with pretty view of lake.

As in the past, our annual Beach Week was just as we had hoped it would be. In spite of the weather, we had a very exciting view of the spectacular thunder storm that came across the lake , and on Friday the big waves on the were a lot of fun for everyone. As usual, Chris made sure everything was ready for us to have another terrific week.

This house is in the perfect location, has a nice yard, and beautiful view of the lake and sunset. However; the house is older with many of the rooms having worn down carpet and very creaky floors. BUT the reason that I will not return to this house is because of all of the SPIDERS!! I would recommend that the owner get an exterminator to treat the inside as well as the outside of the house. The amount of spiders made it very difficult to relax in the house and almost impossible to get a good night’s sleep. With that being said, Chris was very nice to work with so if spiders do not bother you, I would recommend renting his home.

Atmosphere and location was awesome. I would give it 3.5 stars. House was clean. Owner was responsive. Access to the lake was spot on. Great amenities. Big issue was no air conditioning. While it was a mild week, the house was still warm. We enjoyed our stay over all.

We enjoyed our stay at Sunset Haven. We were worried about having no AC but there were a ton of fans (like, a lot). There was also a nice breeze with the windows open most nights. The house is close to the main village and I think that would be nice for families or groups with kids. We enjoyed that there were kayaks at the house, as well as all the kitchen tools we would need, a grill and fire pit. We enjoyed the lake and dock quite a lot. Wifi was strong. We also were happy to see that the TV had Roku so we could login and watch our apps. It was a very relaxing week and I wish we could have stayed longer. With that said, I can’t leave out that there were an extensive amount of spiders and cobwebs. Understand that the house is on a lake in the middle of summer but ideally that would have been a bit more taken care of. One room had 7+ spiders/webs so if you’re squeamish you might want to double check that those are taken care of ahead of your stay. Chris was very communicative and responded quickly.

Our family (2adults, 2 teenagers) spent 2 weeks at Oneida lake. One week was still working remotely while kids enjoyed the shallow water to play water games or go kajaking or ride the bicycle in the neighborhood. The location is great, a little outside the Sylvan beach centre (off the crowds) but still easy accessible. We mostly cooked at home - easy with the well equipped kitchen and grill outside, and got some wonderful pies at Eddies!The movable picnic table outside was our breakfast, lunch and dinner spot, always moving either into shade or sun, depending the time of the day. Also relaxed with a book on the lawn chairs, or enjoyed some badminton on the lawn. The inside is comfortable as well with all the recliners - and the screened in porch was very helpful at night. As others mentionned, there is no AC but if closing windows and shades/ curtains early in the morning it can be managed. One thing to mention which could be disturbing to some, route 13 is relatively close and the traffic is noticable, especially with open windows in summer.We actually all brought our instruments to practice (guitar, flute, saxophone) and it was a great thing to have a piano on top of it to play, All in all a great time, wonderful sunsets and beautiful area to explore around Oneida lake (according to my husband also great for back country bicycle rides) - oh and did I mention Erie canal and green lakes hiking/swimming?