House Rental: 4 Bedrooms, Sleeps 12 in Kentucky

Not a bad thing to say about this property. We stayed with a large group and it easily accomodated us! Don't worry about the reviews about swimming in this lake. Yes, it is not crystal clear - but you are in the south - and that is to be expected. We never noticed the dam or any sound from it. The area of the lake that the house is perfect for pulling kids on tubes or skis. Because of the fact that the home is at one end of the lake by the dam, it's like you have your own private bay. We didn't need to worry about boat traffic and could just have fun with the kids! We enjoyed each evening having a bonfire and smores. The kids were crazy for the golf cart as well. Wonderful neighbors...just a perfect week long experience! Looking forward to going back!

We had a wonderful time at this property this past weekend. The roads to it are country roads that wind around a bit, but actually it was pretty easy to find. We had great weather and went out on the pontoon boat everyday for swimming and touring the lake. The house is big inside with plenty of room for everyone. We had three generations staying there and everyone enjoyed it. The back deck runs the length of the house and gives alot of extra living space and it faces west so we had sunset views every night. We stocked up on groceries before we went and that was a good idea. The house had its own golf cart which we used to visit the golf course.
Neat place to visit and we are looking forward to going again as soon as we can.

To start with the positive, the house is very nice and we had no complaints about it. The basement is great and there is lots of room. However, we felt the property and surroundings were grossly misrepresented.
First of all, the power plant is huge and ugly and it's close enough to swim to. It emits black smoke almost 24/7 and we thought the air smelled terrible and was unhealthy to breathe. There is also a constant, annoying hum. At one point, it was so loud we could not even be outside and the little kids were scared of the "thunder" while inside the house. Even the local marina employees said it sounded like a jet engine was taking off and going nowhere. It was horrible.
Also, the lake is very, very dirty and we did not feel it was safe to swim. Not once, all week, did we get in the water. There was trash everywhere along the shoreline. And by trash, I don't mean a few bottles, here and there. I mean it was covered! Millions of Styrofoam pieces everywhere, broken glass, plastic bags, oil bottles, pieces of metal, plastic bottles, juice boxes, paint brushes, etc. And more washed up every day. The area about 100 feet from the dock, where the cove ends, looked like a gross, toxic pit.
We found out later that the local conservation club has full-time employees who remove trash from the lake all of the time. So this is clearly not a once-in-a-blue-moon kind of problem, due simply to one heavy rain. Upstream, there were tires and logs and big pieces of metal and in certain parts, a lovely film covering the lake. It was gross and we don't understand how people can swim in it, much less safely pull kids on tubes or skis.
Also, the views on the website are very pretty and true. However, turn the camera slightly and you will see an enormous power tower right outside of the dining room. It is very ugly and covered in buzzards every morning. The entire area is covered with these several hundred feet high power towers. The smoking power plant and all of these power towers are visible almost the entire time while on the golf course and it's just so yuck. And again, the air smells bad and is unhealthy to breathe (in our opinion), so many of us did not even want to golf.
After our complaints, some of this is partially disclosed now. But if we had known about the plant (proximity, size, ugliness, loudness smokiness), the dirty lake and the polluted air, we would never have rented this house. It's a shame, b/c otherwise, it would have been a great place.