The house is older but very clean. Decent layout and well outfitted. For the first few days of our stay, it was indeed a stroll up the beach.

However, for the last three days, sand dredging took place with North 9th St as ground zero for the operation. It was pretty obvious the first day, with the pipe and smelly equipment parked on the beach, that it was coming, and a quick conversation with the construction guys gave us the full scoop.

This seemingly small “inconvenience” changed the character of the remainder of our visit: we had to lug our beach gear and kids 5 blocks down to a beach that was much more crowded. And a few kid “emergency” bathroom breaks didn’t turn out so well. Also, the dredging work was 24 hours and we were close enough to clearly hear the reverse beep-beep-beep of the equipment all night long. Sleep interrupted.

Having stayed in other beach towns with active dredging wrapping up close to our vacation, we were kept in the loop by the realtor, the town, the owner with updates on progress, timing and impact. And offered a credit for our inconvenience for the few days overlap. We brought this to the attention of the realtor at check out who swore that they had no idea. Sure, they may not have known, but they should have. They should have been following this!

Also, we chose to bring our own linens, but a few items usually included at other properties (dish towels, bath throw rugs/mats) were not. Neither were cleaning supplies, so we left the place a bit dirtier than usual. Having a rolling supply of these goes a long way.