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Don’t waste your time and money on Wastin’ Away, Gulf Shores, Alabama. We rented the house for a week’s stay in August, and while the house was livable, there were some drastic measures that needed to be taken, beginning with the day we moved in.

First of all, we had paid a “security” deposit. When we arrived, we discovered that the dead bolt on the front door wouldn’t even lock. Some “security”. The owner’s husband repaired that, and we had a pleasant conversation with him. He even helped us carry our things into the house, including a huge bag of cat litter, and on two separate occasions at that time, I mentioned that we brought our two cats with us. He never mentioned that this was against their “policy”, nor that a pet deposit was required.

At a later point, the owner texted me and asked if we had cats that might get out while her husband was working on the dead bolt. When I told her we did, she said that she allowed “pets”, but never cats because “they cause too much damage”. I told her that our cats were declawed and very well behaved, and that we would be happy to pay the pet deposit. She seemed satisfied with that, and never mentioned the pet deposit again before we left, but I discovered later that she complained to the Home Away people that we “didn’t pay the pet deposit”, which was untrue, because she took it out of the security deposit; she had told us she would do that, and we told her we were fine with that. Our cats did NO damage to the house.

The house is in serious need of repairs. The vent in the bathroom didn’t work and was duct taped to the ceiling, which has several cracks in it, including over the shower. Speaking of the shower, the hot and cold water indicators on the shower control were reversed, which was startling and then just annoying. The second day we were there, the flush chain in the toilet tank (which was obviously very, very old and decayed) broke; my husband fixed it the best he could, and we made the owner aware of it.

After we left, the owner texted me and accused us of breaking a lamp and then gluing it back together. She claimed the cleaning lady told her this. I assured her that not only did we not break anything (and then glue it back together), but that I was offended that she thought we would do such an immature and deceitful thing. My advice to anyone looking to stay in this house would be DON’T DO IT.

Clean and spacious. Perfect for our family that wanted to get away from it all with uncrowded beaches! We'll be back!

We loved our stay at “Wastin Away” It was perfect for our family of four. Our favorite thing about this home is the proximity to the beach and the convience of leaving our shelter with supplies at the beach. We also appreciated the outdoor shower and the open floor plan with a large island in the kitchen area. We truly had a wonderful stay and hope to return soon.

The house was perfect and had everything you needed! The closeness of the beach is a huge bonus! Would definitely stay here again when we come back!

The area and location was great. Easy with in 3min to the beach including the sound of the waves we can hear at night by sitting out on the deck. I recommend this rental to everyone. I loved it very much.