The house was clean and tidy with cute lake decor. The lakeview from the outside deck was nice. It was near Talladega Speedway for tours and fairly close (30 min) to Barber Motorsports Complex. There are good mexican and pizza restaurants in the area. It would be helpful if a guide book was available for shopping, sites, and restaurants. Also, it would be really nice to have dollar shower gels, hand soaps and shampoo available -- so, you don't have to make stops on your way in. Overall, we had a great stay and would definitely stay again! We really appreciated it being small dog friendly.