Lakefront Paradise: Views, Heated Pool, Games! Summer & Winter Fun For Everyone! Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

Q: Does Lakefront Paradise: Views, Heated Pool, Games! Summer & Winter Fun For Everyone! have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool. Pool types include heated pools.

Q: Is Lakefront Paradise: Views, Heated Pool, Games! Summer & Winter Fun For Everyone! pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows cats and dogs (limit 3 total) with a maximum weight of up to 50 lbs per pet.

Q: Where is Lakefront Paradise: Views, Heated Pool, Games! Summer & Winter Fun For Everyone! located?

This family-friendly Monticello vacation home is located on the waterfront, within 3 mi (5 km) of Mongaup River and Forest Reserve at Smallwood. Black Lake and Monticello Casino and Raceway are also within 6 mi (10 km).

10/10 Excellent

Denise D.

Jun 17, 2025

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

Great property for a group trip. We enjoyed the house it was spacious and had everything we needed. The lake, kayaks and paddle boards were a lot of fun. I highly recommend and would stay again.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer Z.

Nov 27, 2024

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

Beautiful property!

Celebrated my husbands 50th birthday and the property was perfect!

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sophia C.

Nov 19, 2024

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

Great stay for group friend trip!

Ben is a very responsive and helpful host. House is impressive and very large! The outside fireplace was great

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Amy L.

Aug 28, 2023

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

Great for Family Vacation

Great communication with Ben. Resolved issues quickly.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alla C.

Sep 10, 2021

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

Fantastic house and host!!!

Wonderful host!! Accommodated our every request. Pool was very clean. Easy to use appliances.

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Fazia S.

Mar 1, 2018

Great house, wonderful experience had by all!

This home was great for our group. We especially enjoyed the views from the many windows. The upstairs has been renovated and is beautiful. All the kids had a wonderful time in the game room downstairs as well as the backyard. We had lots of fun making s’mores over the fire pit. We are already discussing returning to this home. The owner, Adi, was very responsive and a pleasure to work with.

10/10 Excellent

Hausollu G.

Jan 2, 2023

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

Good

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Dan W.

Jul 21, 2021

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

Great property for a family getaway

We spent a week here with 8 adults, 3 children, and 2 dogs, and this house was the perfect setup for us! We all had a great time hanging at the pool, got out on the lake in kayaks and rented a pontoon boat one day that was able to be brought right to our dock. It's really a great space for 5 couples of any ages (would love to go back with a group of friends), and seems to be one of the nicest properties on the lake. Ben was extremely responsive and easy to communicate with, and made sure we had everything we needed to be comfortable. Would definitely recommend!

Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jeannine S., Morristown NJ USA

Jan 5, 2022

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

New Year's Eve!

The spaces are awsome for a huge family or 3 separate families... the kitchen and bathrooms are so modern and spa like! Beds are all super comfy. It was great having the finished basement level with pool table and games...great for kids and adults alike. Decks and balconies all around...easy to get some alone time if u need it lol. Ez checkin/out and good communication! Thank you for sharing your home with us!

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Daniela B.

Feb 19, 2019

Amazing house on beautiful lakeside property!

Exquisite property on a lake, very beautiful house and outdoors! We spent a long winter weekend on this gorgeous property and we enjoyed everything from modern & fine taste furnishing indoors, to outdoors and lake views! Especially we enjoyed the luxurious bathrooms, with steam room and updated showers, and the beautifully decorated rooms, impeccable clean. The kids had fun in the game rooms, playing arcade games, pool or Wii, and outdoors, playing on the hills with the lake views, enjoying the white snowy wonderland. The owner is very responsive and kind and he made sure we all had a great time on his property. Thank you so much, we highly recommend it and we will surely be back soon, in the summer!

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Joshua P.

Aug 1, 2021

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

Great family getaway!

We had a great time here for the week. The property is recently renovated with a brand new kitchen and 5 bedrooms. The only real issue we had was a wasp nest near the grill but Ben was responsive, set up an exterminator as quickly as possible and suggested we move the grill to the other side of the deck which worked fine for us. The fire pit was a nice feature at night. I also recommend renting a boat from one of two nearby marinas on the lake, taking a drive to buck brook alpacas with kids, or checking out the spa at Kenoza Hall. The casino is also nearby. For food: Benji & Jake’s, Big Kevs BBQ and Local Table were some of our favorites. Keep in mind a lot of restaurants in the area are closed on Tuesdays.

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2021

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Mathieu T.

Jan 9, 2017

Spacious & comfortable modern house with good trails and hiking options around

We stayed over the Thanksgiving break and had a great time. Modern house with all the comfort you need including music, TVs and lots of games/entertainment in the basement. We loved the steam shower in particular, we couldn't get enough of it. The house is decorated with great taste. Great hiking trails around and all around great destination if you like the outdoor. Only downside was the snow on the ground and frigid temperatures which meant that the pool was a Ice-skating ring... Otherwise from a shopping standpoint, access to Wallmart where you can find all the basics but don't expect anything fancy, ShopRite is a much better option across the street from Wallmart. We were very happy with the house and Adi's attention, we recommend the place.

Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2016

10/10 Excellent

Matthew S.

Jul 8, 2024

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Ideal for Larger Groups!

I would absolutely recommend a stay at Ben’s lake house! While the reviews below are true that the house could use a coat of fresh paint, that’s where my areas for improvement end. The value of this property is 10x what you would get at a resort for a large group. We did everything from cook in the pizza oven, to playing spike ball in the backyard, to jumping off the dock into the lake - not sure what resort has access to all of that in the privacy of your own group. If you’re here in a good weather month, we even rented pontoon boats on the lake the house is on. Does it get more convenient? There’s a pool in the secluded front yard if the lake isn’t your thing, and downstairs there’s arcade games and a pool table. The kitchen is stocked with pots and pans, which made cooking for a large audience easy. The house isn’t the only thing to do either, and our friend group made use of the local casino (which has big city casino vibes) and golf courses. Monticello was a hidden gem just 90 minutes from NYC, and I would absolutely go back to Ben’s home.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Terri K., Randolph, NJ

Sep 11, 2023

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It's the little things that count

I would to have given a five star rating, but for the price we paid, I expected some of the little things to be better. Working with Ben was easy and pleasant. However, being an absentee landlord shows up in the details. The upsides: The interior of the house is lovely. It's a spacious home giving our family plenty of room to spread out on rainy days. The basement game room was a hit! Plenty of activities for all age groups. A spacious yard overlooking the lake allowed lots of room for stomp rockets and firefly hunting! The pool was the 'star of the show'! Comfortably heated with beautiful decking and plenty of seating. We spent a lot of time enjoying it. The downsides: We did notice a smoke detector was detached from the ceiling in the living room. The interior handrails are too wide to get a good grip on, which was a a problem for older family members. Homes we previously rented addressed that issue by adding compliant handrails. The wooden decking around the house is in sore need of repair. There are many gouges and lots of splintered wood. When we arrived, the grass had not been mowed so there were flowering weeds attracting bees. One of the children was stung soon after we got there. There was only one towel for each person. Upon calling Ben, he responded quickly and these issues were rectified. However, there shouldn't have been a need for a phone call. Because he doesn't personally oversee the property, these little things slip by.

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Arlene S., Smithfield RI USA

Aug 25, 2021

Liked: Communication, location

Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in

Very disappointing.

The house and setting are beautiful. But this rental might have been managed better if the property manager lived locally rather than in Florida so he could see the problems before we arrived. He did act quickly to replace the house cleaners who didn’t show up before our arrival. However, this meant losing the first day of private family time while someone was underfoot cleaning the house which we couldn’t leave because of rain. If the property manager had inspected the grounds, he would have seen that the previous renters left rubbish all over the grounds and dog poop everywhere which is different from poop left by animals in that natural habitat. Crushed glass was on the driveway; we had to sweep it to avoid ruining our tires. The pool was filthy. My 8-yr-old grandson wouldn’t use it after the first time due to all the debris; it was not cleaned until two days before we left. The wasps’ nest underneath the dock prevented our enjoying that area for fear of being stung. Most distressing was the prominent gasoline odor from the garage from ATVs and gasoline cans which permeated the entire first floor. The property manager had the ATVs removed, but the odor persisted from the gasoline cans. We were told that no other renters complained of these fumes. Maybe we were the only ones to complain, but it was strong enough to give my daughter and grandson headaches and nausea. That, along with the other issues mentioned above, caused them to leave the property just three days into our vacation. Honestly, we all would have left except that one of us had a flight home on the last day. We’ve stayed at other VRBO and AirB&B rentals and never had to write such a negative review. This was the most unpleasant rental experience of our travels.

Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Aug 7, 2025

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This is a perfect place for a large group to stay and not get bored! Lots of space inside and out. Super clean, and well maintained. The host replied to my messages super quick! Totally recommend this property!

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Hilel R.

Aug 3, 2025

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Not looking further for our next vacation- this is the perfect place

Our long awaited Summer getaway- we found this gem! With a family covering all ages- there was something for everyone, from the fireplace to the kayaks, the boardgames and the pool table. The outdoor pool is also a find- clean, big and warm.Adi was the best host no question was too much, and great communication. Home was spotless and were very critical :)10/10 well be there again.Thank you for sharing your home with us

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Marilyn C.

Jul 21, 2025

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

Fabulous family fun

We had a wonderful vacation with our kids and grandkids in this spacious house on an expansive property. Each family had their own space, the kitchen was well-appointed and there was plenty of room for large groups to gather both indoors, and out. The lake was a highlight. We had hours of fun swimming, kayaking, exploring the lake on a boat rental, and fishing. The views were always beautiful, from misty mornings to late night sunsets. Ben was a very responsive host, calling frequently to make sure things were okay, and even purchased a high chair when I inquired if there was one available. The inside was perfectly clean, however the outside needs some updated repairs, and had litter from what appeared to be previous renters, including random beer cans and cigarette butts. Also, the pool did not look clean, despite having a pool service. Overall, these issues did not detract from what was really a terrific family vacation in a great house.

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Gary R.

Jul 21, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Property was beautiful. No oven or m/w. Owner provided an instagrill but still not right. Pool heat wasn’t working. No shade at pool-no swim ladder at lake. Drainage issues in kitchen and downstairs bathrooms. Great pool table. Owner was responsive but no credit offered for the issues.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Reuben M.

Jul 20, 2025

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

Awesome getaway for large groups

This was one of the best places I’ve stayed at. Tons of bedrooms and bathrooms (so many showers and they were all pretty large), plenty of different spaces to hang out including the main first floor where the kitchen/dining room/living room is all combined, basement with various games (pool table, video games, arcade game, workout space, chess), and so much outdoor space. Pool is heated and spacious, there’s 2 different fire pits, an outdoor table that’s well shaded, dock/lake area. Space was very clean, plenty of linens/towels, kitchen was very well equipped. No issues with wifi and there was even wifi by the pool. Check in was easy and host was always responsive. Highly recommend for a big family or friend trip

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Adam K.

Apr 24, 2025

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

Wonderful Stay

We had an amazing stay at this property! Everything was exactly as described—clean, comfortable, and beautifully maintained. It felt like a true home away from home. The location was perfect, and all the amenities were thoughtfully provided.What really stood out was how smooth and stress-free the whole process was. Communication with the owner was excellent from start to finish—quick responses, clear instructions, and super helpful throughout. It made the entire experience even better.Highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a relaxing and easy getaway. We’d absolutely stay here again!

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jack W.

Apr 1, 2025

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Reunion

10 guys stayed here for a weekend and had an excellent time. house is huge and very clean. we were there late march but I’m sure especially in the summer it’s a great getaway with a pool and lake access.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Deborah A.

Mar 5, 2025

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Cliff

The home was large enough to accommodate our family and it was extremely clean. We would stay there again. Communication was excellent.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Steven E.

Feb 4, 2025

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Excellent host, excellent property

This beautiful getaway was just what we needed. Fresh air, nature, and a gorgeous home. Already planning our next trip back...

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Corey L.

Feb 4, 2025

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Good Weekend With Friends

Solid house for a weekend with friends. Rooms were spacious where all 15 of us were comfortable. It's a solid house but also definitely a rental home in terms of quality. Also very echo-y so hard for people to go to bed early. Driveway plowing was good enough, as long as your car is solid in snow you should be fine in the winter. Good value for price

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

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