When it comes to renting rental property for vacation, we have been doing it for close to 14 years, but not in Wisconsin. We rented this property mainly because of the high fuel prices at the time. The pictures made the cabin look comfortable and close to what we are used to renting in Tennessee thru (Cabins USA).
First, we are no way experts at this, but we have been renting for quite some time. You should think about making it more livable because people who rent a property like this will do so for longer than a weekend.
Some things you should consider improving or changing, don’t just make it suitable for you but everyone who is a potential renter young or old everyone has his or her own taste. The cabin is well built and very nice looking, but here is some considerations from us:
Overhead lights, you should also have a few lamps to allow a book reader to read.
Curtains or blinds, on all ground level windows.
Floor heating, it’s not going to send the gas bill out of control to keep the pilot light lit. It got cold a few mornings “UP NORTH.”
A real coffee pot not a “Yuppie” pot.
Dressers or a descent closet for clothes, not fun to live out of a suitcase.
Cable with local channels (2, 5, 11 example) so you know what’s going on in the area especially weather wise.
Instead of a garbage/recycle draw put in a dish washer. Put a trash can in the breezeway.
Hooks or a few towel bars in the bathroom.
Upstairs, put a game room in case of inclement weather. (Pool, Foosball table, small tv w/ video games).
A second bathroom upstairs. One small bathroom downstairs for a family in the middle of the living room can get busy.
Also, there was a little dog barking and growling while I took out the trash.