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Waterfront Home with Dock, Boat Launch, and Movie Theatre Room!

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Property grounds
Interior
Located on Houghton Lake's West Bay, Houghton House offers a cozy retreat with an open floor plan perfect for gathering. Bring your boat and launch it from the private boat launch, then dock it in your own slip during your stay. Enjoy summer activities like fishing right off the back porch or explore nearby cross-country skiing and ORV/snowmobile trails.

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Entire home

3 bedrooms1 bathroomSleeps 8

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Air conditioning
  • Barbecue grill
  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Pet-friendly

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About this property

Entire place

You'll have the entire home to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Waterfront Home with Dock, Boat Launch, and Movie Theatre Room!

Welcome to your next vacation rental!
The "Houghton House" is located on the West Bay of popular, all sport, Houghton Lake! Stay in a cozy, ranch style, 3 bedroom home (Plus garage converted game room) with open floor plan perfect for gathering with family and friends. Our updated home gives you the up north cottage feel with the full amenities of a full time home. Bring your boat/jetski and launch it right on our private boat launch. Rental rate includes a private boat slip so you can leave your boat in the water during your stay. No more dealing with the headache at the public launch!

Enjoy numerous summer and winter activities activities the area has to offer including cross county skiing and ORV/snowmobile trails only minutes away. Don't forget the amazing fishing Houghton Lake has to offer year round!!! We catch fish right off the back porch in the canal! Summer days are beginning to fill up!

About the home:

****Kitchen
-Full size Oven/Range
-Microwave
-Full size refrigerator/freezer
-Full size dishwasher (Dishwasher detergent provided under kitchen sink)
-Keurig Coffee Maker
-Toaster
-All kitchen utensils, plates, cups, pots/pans included

****Living Room-
-Large smart TV
-High Speed Internet
-Couch (Sleeps 1)
-Oversized chair

****Movie Theatre (Garage converted Movie Theatre)
-6 recliners
-Card Table
-(2) 55" inch T.Vs. (1) 75" inch T.V
*Please note that the game room is not climate controlled (Yet!)

***Bedroom 1- (Sleeps 3)
-Bunkbed (full on bottom, twin on top)
****Bedroom 2- (Sleeps 2)
-Full size bed
****Master Bedroom- (Sleeps 2)
-Queen bed
-Private access to patio

****Bathroom
-Shower/Bath
-Heat Lamp

****Laundry room
-Washer and dryer
-Laundry detergent included

Ask us about our special weekly and monthly discounts!

Property amenities

Ski

  • Cross-country skiing nearby

Internet

  • Available in the house: WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Car required
  • Parking on site

Kitchen

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Dishwasher
  • Hob
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Refrigerator
  • Toaster

Dining

  • Dining table

Bedrooms

  • 3 bedrooms
  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • 1 bathroom
  • Bathtub or shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Dining table
  • Living room

Entertainment

  • Games

Outdoor areas

  • Barbecue grill
  • Firepit
  • Garden
  • Patio

Laundry

  • Laundry facilities
  • Washing machine

Comfort

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating

Pets

  • Pet friendly
  • 2 pets total

Suitability/Accessibility

  • Smoke-free property

Location highlights

  • Near the marina
  • On a lake
  • On a river
  • On the waterfront

Things to do

  • Arcade/game room
  • Foosball table
  • Fishing nearby
  • Hunting nearby
  • Ice skating nearby
  • Motor boating nearby
  • Snowmobiling nearby

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
  • Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
  • First aid kit
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Deadbolt lock

General

  • Garden

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
Contactless check-in and check-out are available
Minimum check-in age - 21

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions

Rules

Renter responsible for cleaning up after their pets. This includes dog waste throughout the yard. Not doing so will invite a $200 charge.

Pets

Pets are allowed
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
2 total pets
Restrictions apply; for more information contact the property on the number on the booking confirmation
Note from host: Additional pet fee will be applied- $30 per night

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Events

No events allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation

We should mention

A car is required for transport to and from this property

Property is also known as

Vrbo Property

About the area

Map
Houghton Lake, MI

What's nearby

  • Houghton Lake - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Houghton Lake Marina - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Higgins Lake - 9 min drive - 10.0 km
  • North Higgins Lake State Park - 12 min drive - 16.4 km
  • South Higgins Lake State Park - 17 min drive - 15.8 km

Getting around

  • Traverse City, MI (TVC-Cherry Capital) - 79 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪MJ's Eatery - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Northshore Lounge - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Old town tavern - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Sharp's Corner IGA - ‬16 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Waterfront Home with Dock, Boat Launch, and Movie Theatre Room! pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows pets (limit 2 total). Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

What time is check-in at Waterfront Home with Dock, Boat Launch, and Movie Theatre Room!?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Waterfront Home with Dock, Boat Launch, and Movie Theatre Room!?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Waterfront Home with Dock, Boat Launch, and Movie Theatre Room! located?

This family-friendly Houghton Lake holiday home is located on the waterfront, within a 10-minute walk of Houghton Lake, Houghton Lake Flats Flooding State Wildlife Management Area and Houghton Lake Marina. Higgins Lake and Houghton Lake Wildlife Research Area are also within 6 miles (10 km).

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Waterfront Home with Dock, Boat Launch, and Movie Theatre Room! Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 17 out of 25 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 1 out of 25 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 25 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 25 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 25 reviews

8.4/10

Cleanliness

4.0/10

Amenities

4.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Victor

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
Good location.
Stayed 31 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jerry M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Memorial weekend

Great location. Easy in and out with the boat. Awesome theater room!! Highly recommend
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Angela G., Saginaw Township, Mi

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Location

Great place very open and roomy!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

DANIEL S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect

Would stay again
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christine G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

GREAT TIME AT A REALLY GREAT PLACE!

I really enjoyed my stay here! VERY clean and cute place with everything a person needs. I especially loved the fact that I just had to go out the kitchen door wall and walk about 10 ft. to go fishing in the canal!
Stayed 13 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

patrick b.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Super Quiet

Super quiet and excellent access to lake. Fishing was superb. Clean and comfortable home with Wi-Fi, Netflix or prime video available. Really enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stay in Houghton house

Great house, slept everyone very comfortably. Holding to get it again next winter
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Cliff S.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Disliked: Cleanliness

Great location

Great convenient location.place was very dirty and smelly. With the cleaning fees charged it should have been clean. We had to wash all linens before use it smelled like smoke and was not in need of a full cleaning which we did before and after use.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Luke P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Cabin!

For our purposes this cabin worked out perfectly. Went up for a weekend with friends, didn’t want to spend a ton of time at the cabin other than Sleeping and cooking with our pontoon with us. Cabin was clean, ice cold AC, and “steaming” hot water. Ken was responsive in the only message I had to send him. Only recommendation is if you have a boat or a pontoon, probably best to pay $5 and launch near the marina, 2 minutes away; the launch on the canal is a bit shallow if you have a longer trailer. Checks all the boxes for a good weekend.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Brad W.

Liked: Check-in
Disliked: Location

Outdoor maintenance needed

The inside of the cabin was clean and well put together. However the outside was in shambles. There was junk pile on the outside of the building. The bushes and shrubs buy the back where you would sit outside were overgrown and needed to be trimmed. Weeds growing through the concrete at the sitting area. 2 old picnic tables were the only outdoor furniture. One table had an old shelve underneath one leg to keep it level the the brackets of the shelf sticking up. Dangerous.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patricia G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Quiet

We stayed here for a couple of days to just get away and was looking for something that was on the water, allowed pets and was peaceful. Which is exactly what we got. Cant wait to stay again!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Shanna N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location

The house was amazing. I loved that it was off a Canal. It was easy to tie our boat to. If I had a question the owner got back to me fast. We really enjoyed our time at this house.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Kevin H., JACKSON

Liked: Communication, location, listing accuracy

yearly family fishing trip

The trip was a great trip with my four Kids, a Grandson and my brother. Staying on a canal was nice for mooring our boat, pontoon and relaxing, out of the weather. Unfortunately the slips were not clearly marked which made a daily problem with having space in our slips. Each night we would come in from fishing, there wouldn't be room in our numbered slips for our two boats
Stayed 5 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Danny H.

Liked: Location

Houghton Lake getaway

Well, for one thing we couldn’t get in due to door code being wrong, after that we each took a bedroom, with one sleeping on air mattress in garage and one sleeping on air mattress in living room, we’re big guys that need room. Exterior of house was filthy, needed power washed with a couple exterior lights needing repair, inside of house was clean, nice kitchen, we ate breakfast there and went to different restaurants for supper. The Keurig coffee pot leaked like a sieve. Everything else was operational, except for television. It was supposed to stream off your personal devices but that didn’t work, we had my 6 year old grandson, and it would have been nice for him to watch something, but the three computer technicians I took with me couldn’t get anything going there. So that was a dealbreaker for us. It was good enough to fish from for 6 days, but won’t go back there.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Karen S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Labor Day Vaca

House was exactly as posted. Lots of the small things you might forget were on site. Lots of kitchen tools, dishes, pots, serving bowls at house to use. Great location!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jackie E.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect

It was a nice location nice home everything we needed was there. Loved having a washer and dryer good location close to the main town.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

LeighAnn B.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice place to stay. Great open floor plan.

Great

6/10 Okay

kyle j.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Would recommend

The owner was absolutely amazing and understanding. I would recommend to anyone coming up here! The only downfall I had was the driveway wasn’t plowed before we got there so my mother in law fell and left a nice bruise. It wasn’t fully cleaned - dirty dishes, dirty towels dust everywhere. Not worth a 100 cleaning fee
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2021

4/10 Poor

Thomas F.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy

Well not sure where to start

The silverware was dirty, the refrigerator was dirty the gas grill was so clogged up dripping from people cooking you could not cook with it I told the property manager the place dirty he asks me if I could take some pictures of this I told him that my phone was not capably of doing that never heard anything else back from him and to think I had to pay a cleaning fee it was not clean for me.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Betty H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Had a great time. I would recommend this place to othets

Great time fishing kayaking relaxing. Very quiet neighborhood. Very clean house with eveything we needed for the stay. Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Nicole S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome Time

Kens place was perfect for our family. It was a perfect size for 6 adults and 3 young kids. The pictures honestly make it look smaller than it actually is— we had plenty of room. The location is amazing and quiet and having the boat well right in front was awesome. I would definitely stay here again. The check in process was convenient and the place was so clean and had basically everything we needed.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Joan H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cute property

Property was cute and met our needs. We caught plenty of fish in the canal and on the lake. Would definitely recommend.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2020

10/10 Excellent

Dan P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice stay.

Nice rental, good location, nothing negative to say.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2020

10/10 Excellent

Juliette P., Miami,US

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

I love this place

Is my first time in the area and the location of the house is perfect,beautiful place,beautiful view,nice neighbor,super clean house,I highly recommend this place,