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Colonial 1 - Condo overlooking the Black River

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Terrace/patio
Marina
Marina
Outdoor dining
Outdoor dining

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Highlights

  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Close to South Beach
1 bedroom1 bathroomSleeps 4

Popular amenities

  • Barbecue
  • Air-conditioning
  • Refrigerator
  • Washing machine
  • Internet
  • Onsite parking available

Explore the area

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South Haven, MI
  • Place, Warner Vineyards
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Michigan Maritime Museum
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, South Haven Center for the Arts
    ‪5 min walk‬

Rooms & beds

1 bedroom (sleeps 4)

Bedroom 1

1 Double Sofa Bed

1 bathroom

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Kitchen
Dining area

About this property

Colonial 1 - Condo overlooking the Black River

Colonial #1 - Cute studio apartment overlooking the Black River and centrally located to downtown South Haven!!

Enjoy the best of South Haven from this 1-bedroom, 1-bath condo located right in the heart of downtown. Step out onto the private deck and take in beautiful views of the Black River, the Dykman Drawbridge, and boats coming and going from the harbor—an ideal spot for morning coffee or evening sunsets.
You'll be just one block from the Michigan Maritime Museum, two blocks from Stanley Johnston Park, and an easy 10-minute walk to both North Beach and South Beach. Downtown shops, restaurants, bars, and nightlife are all right outside your door, making it easy to explore without ever needing a car.
Whether you're here for a beach getaway, a romantic weekend, or to soak up the energy of downtown, this condo puts you right where you want to be.

Have a larger party? Book this condo AND the one upstairs on the third floor "Harbor View at The Colonial", also hosted by Jaqua Realtors Vacation Places and Rentals.

Sleeping arrangements: 1 queen bed
Sleeper sofa with queen mattress

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House Rules

Check in after 3:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 10:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Property # 2980778vb
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a deadlock

About the area

South Haven

Located on a lake, this condo is in Downtown, a neighbourhood in South Haven. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Lake Michigan and Pilgrim Haven Natural Area, while Michigan Maritime Museum and Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum & Gardens are cultural highlights. South Haven Center for the Arts and The Fun Park are also worth visiting.
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South Haven, MI

What's nearby

  • Warner Vineyards - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Michigan Maritime Museum - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Stanley Johnson Park - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • South Haven Center for the Arts - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Southside Municipal Marina - 6 min walk - 0.6 km

Getting around

  • Bangor Station - 18 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪South Beach Cafe - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Burger King - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Taco Bell - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Cafe Julia - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Arby's - ‬2 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Colonial 1 - Condo overlooking the Black River pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Colonial 1 - Condo overlooking the Black River?

As of 19 June 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Colonial 1 - Condo overlooking the Black River on 25 Sept 2026 start from AU$400, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Colonial 1 - Condo overlooking the Black River?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Colonial 1 - Condo overlooking the Black River?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Colonial 1 - Condo overlooking the Black River?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Colonial 1 - Condo overlooking the Black River located?

Located in Downtown, this condo building is within a 15-minute walk of Warner Vineyards and Lake Michigan. Stanley Johnson Park and Michigan Maritime Museum are also within 5 minutes.

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 14 out of 27 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 27 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 27 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 27 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 27 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Check-in

9.6/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.0/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great view of Black River from bedroom window. The bridge bells when raised for boats to enter/exit can be heard, along with the nightly tavern noise directly across the river. Plenty of room, comfortable bed, nice small computer desk area in the corner. Easy entrance. Parking challenge as only loading/unloading parking allowed at building-free parking up the road not always available. Competition for road parking. Great shops/restaurants walking distance.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2026
Response from VrboOwner on 10 June 2026
Glad you had a good stay, there is a lot designated for this condo building right across the road. The parking passes located inside the unit shows where it is located. Sorry for the confusion
Verified

8/10 Good

Becky S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The place was nice but pretty small for the large price tag.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Crissy M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great location. Comfortable bed. The corner windows made watching the draw bridge a hoot. We really enjoyed sipping our drinks on the private patio. The room was quite small for the price, but its a great place if you like watching the boats. It is also an older building so the architecture is pretty cool. Id stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Malorie B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Robert D.

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

Perfect getaway

We loved our stay. Perfect location, and quiet spot.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Elizabeth B.

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

Enjoyable

Enjoyed stay
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Susan H.

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

South Haven

Perfect location to walk to the beach, restaurants, stores while being close to family
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Edward B.

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

Weekend get away

Stayed here with some friends (four of us total, two couples) for a wedding in south haven. Great downtown location and had everything we needed!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Michael M.

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

Repeat visit

We love the location and the unit is just what we need for our annual anniversary 3 night stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Patrick M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We enjoyed our stay but felt the tv was a problem. Its location and size made it very hard to see. Condo location was great.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

8/10 Good

Patrick M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The location of this condo is amazing, you do need to be prepared for a little extra noise later into the evening on the weekends. But it’s worth a view.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Alina R.

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

Great stay!

The apartment is nice and close to everything. Great beach nearby. People who don’t like noise may not like being near the draw bridge that goes up every half hour, or being near a bar, but we slept ok through the noise.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Nancy N.

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

Awesome

Great location, walking distance to the beach, shopping, and food!! I would highly recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

6/10 Okay

Rebecca B.

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

Great Location

Great location in a historic building. Close walking distance to shopping eating and entertainment. Needs updating and some maintenance. Also needs a few amenities such as coffee pods for Keurig. Bed was not comfortable and lightbulbs needed changing in bathroom. The additional price for the Festival weekend, plus all the extra fees made this property far too overpriced for the stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025
Verified

8/10 Good

marcy m.

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

Nice

It was a pleasant stay. Thank you.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Melissa G.

Liked: Cleanliness, communication, location, listing accuracy

Super Clean & Great Location

We had no idea this unassuming building would be so amazing inside. The wood floors, bathroom, kitchen were spotless. The kitchen package with a clean sponge was a nice touch. The view and sunlight! We loved it and hope to come back.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Patrick M.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great getaway!

We loved the location and the condo itself, this is the third different condo we have stayed at in this building. Location was wonderful but we were disappointed in the cleanliness of the condo. Dust under the couch and the appliances in the kitchen had a layer of dust on them.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 9 Sept 2024
So sorry about the cleanliness. This has been brought up to housekeeping team
Verified

4/10 Poor

Cinda M.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Cleanliness

Location is great - unit not

Location is great. We love South Haven. This unit however was very dusty and the bed is only a full size. Will not rent this unit again but look for another in this property.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Steve J.

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

perfect

Location, unit, and weather. will return again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Tom K.

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

Good

Good
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

David F.

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

Great anniversary getaway

My wife and I enjoyed a 2-night getaway at this downtown Grand Havin studio condo. Fanastic location! I enjoyed watching the drawbridge open on the half-hours. And downtown shopping is only a few blocks away, hiking trails half-mile away. Condo was very clean, comfortable and well furnished. (The bed is mattress only, no box spring, and strangely short in length, I'm 5'9" tall. Could have been more comfortable, but slept OK.)
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Darcy H.

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

Fun Location

The location and history of this location was a great part of our trip. The deck looking over the Black River was a great bonus and we loved watching the boats go by and the bridge go up and down. The listing says that there is on site parking, but there were not directions of where the parking actually was and we had to ask once we go there and had to drive around to find the parking lot. It is across the street and down a little ways. When we arrived the parking lot on site has a 15 minute loading/unloading zone but it was closed off. We had to make several trips with two small kids to unload all of our things. For me, parking would be the only downfall. Property was very clean and being on the water with water views was a great touch.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Mary P.

Liked: Location
Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in, listing accuracy

Aweful

This was the worst experience at a VRBO that I’ve ever had. When we got there, we found a whole building under construction. We had difficulty getting into the building and into our room when we got there the windows were covered with plastic and there were workers all around. The deck was unusable as it was also under construction. The windows were covered with plastic and there were people on scaffold in front of our windows working this was the worst, but then when we’re ready to leave the plastic covered all the doors and we couldn’t even get out of the building a bit of panic said in, and I started pounding on the doors trying to open it. The workers cut us out of the building.. I feel that we should’ve been fully refunded for this problem. It certainly was no way to spend a vacation. I’ll be interested to see if I got a response to this.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 15 July 2025
Mary, so sorry to hear about this. We do manage the property but not the building, and like we mentioned to you at arrival, the association decided to do an overhaul to the outside of the building and didn't let us know. There are other ways out of the building, through the side exit as well that was never under plastic. But rest assured, all work is done now and it looks great!!
Verified

6/10 Okay

Anna K.

Liked: Cleanliness, location
Disliked: Check-in, listing accuracy

Great location but read the fine print (that you get after you can’t get a refund anyway)

Clean little apartment with beautiful wood floors overlooking the drawbridge. It says they have a Keurig machine, but they do not include any pods so there actually wasn’t any way to make coffee. This listing does not mention that, but the email you later get right before check-in and well after the time of getting any refund does say that. When we arrived, I did not have the exterior door combination, which I later found under the management company email drop-down category “miscellaneous/other.” That code to get in wasn’t in the welcoming text, and when I called the management company, the first person could not help me and had to pass me onto someone who was able to tell me the code so we could get in. The pull out bed is a nice queen-size, but this listing does not mention that the mattress needs to be inflated, and there is no inflator. (when I asked about finding that I got the management company response “I have no idea”). So you end up sleeping on a mattress that is even thinner than the usual pull out couch mattress and not very comfortable. I had been assured there was a grill with gas available, but there was no grill in sight anywhere around the patio areas. By that time I did not feel like asking the management company any more questions. Overall, this is a nice place with exactly what you would expect given the location, but there is a large management company fee given the service and some missing things that I did not expect from reading this listing.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Sheri L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Property was clean and had everything we needed to enjoy our stay. Great view and very conveniently located- we were able to walk to both North and South Beaches and downtown easily.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2026

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