The outdoor space really makes this rental. And the indoor space is better than the photos. We would stay here again.
Negatives
1. Chairs by the pool have changed from the photos on VRBO. Only 2 plastic lounges to lay out in sun.
2. Grill is old and in poor shape; ignition does not work so need to light manually, no heat control
3. Bugs in the pool but no net provided to do manual skimming; there is a long pole but the net is broken off
4. No food in the house, not salt & pepper, spices or cooking oil. Many VRBOs provide some basics, but this house had nothing.
5. 3 bikes in garage, they are locked together and the rental company said we were not allowed to use them.
6. Tried to use the basketball net for the pool, but the ball went through the lanai net and ended up in the Chanel. The net was fixed 2 days after reporting it.
7. Outdoor couch is looking worn, but was great to have a place to sit outside and an outlet to plug in music player.
8. Pool was scheduled to be cleaned weekly, but the same pile of sand was in the corner when we arrived and 2 weeks later when we left.
9. Not impressed with management company. Sent questions about the property and didn’t get good answers back.
Positives
1. Towels to use for the pool/beach, 1 per person.
2. House has high ceilings lots of room. Didn’t feel crowded with 8 people. Didn’t hear any noise when I was upstairs & the kids were still up downstairs.
3. Bedrooms all had drawers/ closet shelves/ hangers for unpacking
4. Extension cords in each bedroom to allow plugging in of multiple electronics
5. 8 person dining table outside with lazy Susan in the middle and overhead fan worked great for our family. We ate most of our meals outside.
6. Ping pong table was a fun bonus. We hit the ball around every day and had some tournaments. It was a good group activity to involve young adults.
7. Beach was short walk and never too crowded. We walked there each night to see the sunset.
8. Pool lights until 10pm and the hot tub lights even later, we stayed in the hot tub late each night.
9. Washer and dryer worked fine and we did lots of laundry.
10. Kitchen had everything we needed for cooking. Dishwasher, stove and frig worked well.
11. Used Xbox on TV to watch Netflix and Amazon Prime movies with our account.
12. Garage had pool noodles, beach ball, pool basketball and body boards. There was also some broken stuff like a beach cart which we could have used.