Mountain Laurel Lake

I would really like to give Mountain Laurel Lake’s Beech Cabin a 3 ½. As you can see the scenery was gorgeous! I loved the idea of the cabin and its location. I do think with a payment of $ 500 (checking in on a Friday at three and checking out on a Sunday at noon) for the weekend there were several things that could be upgraded or changed. As I understand we are located in the woods, it would be very helpful if the owners would «debug» the outside deck. There were nests belonging to wasps, hornets, mud daubers and some other crazy huge flying stinging insect all over the place. Let me add there were also spiderwebs with living HUMUNGOUS eight-​legged creatures weaved in and out of the surrounding area too. Some so bad we couldn’t even take advantage of the hot tub the first night.
The place could have definitely used a good cleaning. There was dust, hair and dead bugs in multiple places inside. The cabin also had a musty smokey smell to it. Not appealing. One of the worst things in my opinion were their bath towels smelling of mildew and mold. Just yuck!!! If you picked one up your hand would immediately stink. It really doesn’t take a lot of money to buy a few new towels. It needs to be done ASAP.
This cabin has so much potential. I really wanted to give it a better rating. The layout was perfect. Two bedrooms, one full bathroom and a living room, kitchen, dining room combo. There was also a loft sitting area at the top of the stairs, and a gas fireplace downstairs. On the porch there was a big hot tub, gas grill, four chairs and a nice porch swing. Then leading down from the house to the lake there was a path and a dock that had a two person fishing boat tied to it. If you’re interested in getting in some exercise there was also a nice gravel road/​trail going around the lake along with a few extra hiking trails in the surrounding woods.
With several minor changes and an effort to spruce up the place, I would be glad to rate it four or even five stars next time!