The Ultimate Beach House, Quiet with Spectacular Views

The owner of this place is wonderful! Very responsive, helpful and available. The house is quiet, clean and charming. Most of all, the location location location right on the beach makes it an A+ rental for a quiet family getaway.

Beautiful view of Admiral cove which included a porpoise sighting and a visiting sea otter. We enjoyed the new deck and the new exterior paint. Everyone slept well and enjoyed the quiet peaceful environment. The Kitchen is well stocked for cooking; dining and living room areas are well positioned for viewing the water. A musty odor is present in the house but not too overwhelming.

We were really looking forward to our mini vacation on Whidbey Island. The setting was delightful with a wonderful deck, but none of the comfortable furniture that was pictured on VRBO. The beds were comfortable and set up nicely. There was so much deferred maintenance, that we felt we needed to do extra work to make it liveable. Several light bulbs were burned out, the toilet seat in the one bathroom was just barely hanging on, the sink in the master bath was plugged with hair, the two towel racks in one bathroom fell off and there appeared to be electrical problems in parts of the home. Several comments were made about the dark carpet and curtains. The house definitely needs some updating. The kitchen was so so and everything worked, but it just seemed like it needed to be cleaned. Several drawers were "junk" drawers and they just needed to be cleaned out. The kitchen sink had several ring stains which were removed easily, but why did I have to do it? There was a BBQ and brickets were needed. We had to go back to the store to get them. The cleaners were just leaving as we arrived. We think they do the basics and don't bother checking to see if things are in good shape. The owner, Jan, came in the afternoon after we had called her in the morning to bring light bulbs and was very nice, but it seems that she doesn't come to the property very often to check things out. While she was there, we asked about the DVD player and she thought there was one as noted in the property description. There wasn't one. There was a VHS player which turned out not to work and the "video library" consisted of 4 VHS tapes. It was noted in the description that a community pool was available. It had recently been renovated and was beautiful, but we could not use it because Jan had not paid the necessary fees. We will not return to this property or recommend it to anyone. This is something that has never happened with VRBO. There were so many little things that could be taken care of to make this home a lovely place.

Spent a long weekend as we were visiting family. Very quite location with great views of the water. Peaceful retreat which was just what we needed.

I wish I could say that we loved the beach house, but really we only LOVED the beach. The house was just okay. It had everything we needed (except soap for the bathrooms), but it could use some major updating. The outside was lovely with a nice, new paint job and beautiful deck, but the interior needs some love. The beds were old and not very comfortable for us, the master bath sink would not drain so my husband had to use the other bathroom to shave, and the guest bathroom needs a new toilet seat (lift the seat and the underside is all corroded and nasty looking). Barbecue was full of ashes so hubby had to clean that before we could use it. There were other things that should be addressed also, but I do not want to list everything. That being said, it is a beach house and I don't expect it to be luxurious and we did have a great time sitting on the beach and on the deck. I REALLY wanted to write a glowing review, but just can't given the number of things inside the house that need attention.