We have been visiting Lake Norris for 20+ years; houseboats, floating houses, condos, etc. We are seasoned renters. My family owns a home on Cumberland and we love both lakes for different reasons. We love to have our boat directly on the water and wanted my sister and her family to experience life with immediate access to the lake. It turned out to be a great experience for them. Her kids are 5, 8 and 12 and they loved both jumping on the boat immediately or jumping off the boat slip and swimming when the boat was out on the lake. There were new challenges accomplished every day with pride! The house fit us all very well. The kitchen is truly stocked. I usually travel with my own kitchen bin and it sat unopened. The deck is nice and spacious for dinner, morning coffee, cards and evening chats. Having rented several houses with steep climbs, I found this one was not that much different. The section after the house stairs is at a steep angle with no steps but does have a hand railing. We all took it slower going down and naturally coming up, but all ages did fine. You do get use to the challenge. If there is someone that might have issues with climbing steep hills, you could possibly pick them up by the Tiki bar and drop them off. I think everyone finds their likes and dislikes of elements of places they rent. We greatly enjoyed our stay. Thank you.