Company information
We are a team of experienced vacation rental management professionals who manage a rapidly growing portfolio of vacation rental properties throughout all of Michigan, including the Upper Peninsula. We are based out of Beulah, Michigan, in the northwestern corner of the Lower Peninsula on the beautiful shores of Crystal Lake!
We pursue our work from a Christian basis and perspective. Our motto is "Live. Love. Bless." and we truly try to provide an exceptional experience for guests. We also work to provide excellent income for vacation property owners while caring for their homes and property.
Property information
Charming historic cottage on Crystal Lake that has been owned by the same family since the 1930's. Very child-friendly and pet-friendly with a huge, fully fenced-in yard. Beautiful view of Crystal Lake from the eastern shore. Firepit, outdoor picnic tables, and lots of parking space as well!
Lil's on the Lake is a very quaint and charming seasonal cottage (available early April until early November) that is located right on Crystal Lake! (Only Lake Street separates the cottage from the Lake.) It has now been in the same family for over 80 years and, starting in 2018, the family has opened the cottage up for vacation rentals with us managing the cottage for them. The cottage is named after the current owner's grandmother, Lillian Storrer, who bought the cottage in the 1930's and spent summers there each year until her death in the 1980's. She even gave birth to one of her children right in the cottage!
The cottage has 4 bedrooms, but only 1 bathroom. Two of the bedrooms are upstairs and two of the bedrooms are downstairs. The upstairs bedrooms are "family style" in that there are no doors to the bedrooms. (Obviously this might be an issue for a group of couples.) One of the downstairs bedrooms has a queen-size bed. The other downstairs bedroom has a full-size bed. One of the upstairs bedrooms actually has two full-size beds and the other upstairs bedroom has one full-size bed in it. The large upstairs bedroom with two full-size beds in it also has a great view of Crystal Lake! All of the bedrooms have storage closets in them and we provide a pedestal fan for each bedroom. (The cottage does not have air conditioning as it usually gets a pleasant breeze coming off of Crystal Lake and it very rarely gets uncomfortably warm in the cottage.) There are also 3 fold-up single beds that we keep on the very large indoor porch. Counting these beds, the house actually sleeps 13 (5 * 2 + 3 * 1) comfortably.
Neighbourhood information
The cottage is also located just 2 blocks away from downtown Beulah. Beulah is a cute little northern Michigan town located on the east end of Crystal Lake. The town was founded name iin 1880 by Reverent Charles E. Bailey and its name is actually Biblical in nature. It has a cute little main street (Benzie Blvd.) which has a nice collection of shops, restaurants, cafes, a post office, and a couple of bars. We would particularly recommend Ursa Major Bistro and L'Chayim Delicatessen in terms of places to eat in downtown Beulah. One of the neat surprises in Beulah is that there is a wonderful interactive children's science museum called COGnition right on Benzie Blvd. just a short walk (less than 5 minutes) from the cottage!
The cottage is located in beautiful Benzie County, one of the most pristine and natural environments in all of Michigan, and there are a number of other things to do in the area:
* Probably the most popular attraction in all of northwest Michigan is Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. It is incredibly picturesque collection of natural beauty in terms of Lake Michigan, dunes, forests, wildlife, and inland lakes and rivers. There is a vast collection of hiking trails throughout the park and kayaking, canoeing, and tubing on the rivers and lakes is also very popular. The park starts about 8 miles away from the cottage, just north of the west end of Crystal Lake.
* The cottage is just a 10-minute drive from the lovely beach town of Frankfort on Lake Michigan. Frankfort and nearby Elberta offer a fun collection of beaches, shops, restaurants, cafes, a movie theater, a microbrewery, and a few bars. Frankfort has a very popular public beach on Lake Michigan and Elberta (just across Betsie Lake from Frankfort) offers a more pristine and much less navigated natural beach.