Let me begin by saying that I've rented from many different locations on SGI over the years. The rental costs on the island have skyrocketed in recent years, which led me here to go with the single bedroom duplex style rental instead of a house. First let me say that everything is as described and the place is very clean and is a beautiful setting on the beach. I thoroughly enjoyed my stay here and it is a very nice set up. But having stayed at other locations and stayed on the plantation before, I wouldn't rent here in the future due to just small inconveniences I haven't experienced before. I would just choose better options for me. Not knocking this place at all because it's a wonderful place to stay but having been at other places in the past, my experiences and expectations were a little different.
First of all this place has a lot of positives, very good communications from the owners and very quick responses. They do a great job. The apartment is very clean and organized with great water pressure, which can be a challenge at some SGI locations. It's a beautiful location right on the beach and the deck chairs are wonderful in the mornings and evenings sitting out there listening to the beach and looking over the gulf. It has all of the basic amenities in the kitchen with utensils, dinnerware and cookware as well as a good fridge, washer and dryer.
The aforementioned inconveniences are as followed: while the location is stunning, it also has a public beach access on both sides of the house. This leads people to gravitate to and congregate right in front of the house on a mostly empty beach. You can look both ways down the beach and count maybe 20 people, but 10 of them will be directly in front of the house. Minor I know, just something I wasn't used to when staying on the island. The other thing was that this was the first place I've stayed at that didn't have any spare reusable commodities in the house. 1 roll of tp, 1 trash bag in each can, no spare linens or blankets. You have to go day 1 to get all of these things, including aluminum foil, ziplocs, etc. Every other place I stayed at had spare everything, of course I still purchased these things but it didn't have to be immediately. Then we would leave the extra for the next family coming in. I came in to nothing extra so I took the extra back with me in this case. Had to buy a couple of blankets bc it's nice to chill on the couch with a blanket on occasion. Hope this helps.