I'm a bit afraid to leave a review, because it will make it even harder to book here in the future. The location is great - a deep water, wide inlet that feels like its own small lake, but is protected from the bigger open water of SML. The lovely property is on a point with eastern exposure, which the elevated deck takes great advantage of. The house is extremely well renovated, in a nicely understated way. It deserves the label "luxury." It was way more than we needed for the three of us - it could easily have handled a dozen. this was our first time to SML, and were blown away. It's a big, beautiful lake right up against Smith Mountain. We don't like most southern man-made lakes because they seem silty - the water here was clean and warm - excellent for swimming. This is the first time we've booked a pet-friendly property and we were a bit anxious about finding everything covered in pet hair (we're hypoallergenic labradoodle people). But nothing to fear - the place was spotless (and hairless!). The property had everything we needed to enjoy our stay. There is only one piece of constructive criticism: EVERYTHING was great except for, wait for it, the silverware: cheap and flimsy and lacking even a single soup spoon. A small thing, but it was such a jarring contrast to the excellence of truly everything else on the property.