Upon entering the home, it had a bad odor and had a musty smell. Opened windows. All were hard to open and some had torn screens. This would let bugs in so we closed those windows after some time. After airing the house out, we turned on the AC which worked OK.

The overall condition of the kitchen was poor. The floor needed to be swept and the refrigerator, coffee pot, Microwave and toaster had to be cleaned before we could use them. The Microwave had a croissant still left inside and the coffee pot had used grounds in it. The toaster had bugs and large toast pieces in the bottom tray. The refrigerator was dirty and needed cleaned out as well as the freezer. The ice in the trays had gnats frozen in them. We spent two hours cleaning up the kitchen before we could use anything, which included the counter which had ants crawling around due to sticky patches left on the counter tops.

One area that I couldn’t use at all was the outside grills. In the information packet the owner said that we should be “Chillin and Grillin.” This was impossible. The gas grill was filthy with dirt on the outside and large amount of grease on the grates. I cleaned it up then tried to use it but only had one burner.

The charcoal grill had a large amount of ashes in it. There was so much ash that it almost came up to the grate. The grate was so rusty you couldn't use without foil.

Some good points were that the bathrooms were clean and there was plenty of towels and wash cloths but no hand towels. It was nice to have the ability to sign onto Netflix with our own code and to have some DVDs to choose from. The grounds were spacious and the dock was great. We caught a lot of crabs. We used the kayaks and they were easy to get to.

1. The electric in the house needs updating. The bedroom with the twin beds has a defective circuit on the north side. When you turned the left bed light on, the light would buzz. It was not related to a faulty bulb – that worked. The microwave and the toaster couldn’t be used together.

2. Downstairs bedroom sink stopper is stuck so it doesn’t drain properly ,very slow. Nice to have 2 bathrooms downstairs.

3. Fire extinguisher has expired. Could not be used in an emergency.

4. All mattresses upstairs are uncomfortable, need improved.

5.The shed lock combination needs more details.

6.Except for the stove, the appliances are outdated.

The telescope was a nice option but no directions. I had one night which was very clear but couldn’t use the scope.