This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.
2/10 Terrible
Cynthia L.
10 Oct, 2014
Summer 2014 - Hassles!
My family stayed in this property in July 2014. We are a 50-something year old husband and wife, with 2 children. We were joined by another 3 guests mid way through the week. The property was well maintained, but off-putting due to the numerous signs nailed to the wall and taped on numerous surfaces warning guests not to smoke, flush items down toilets, spray sun tan lotion in the home, leave bicycles on the porch, move furniture and other instructions (!). Once you could see past the numerous instructions, the home was comfortable. The kitchen was well-stocked, but small, with a dining table that could only seat 6, and no other easy seating for meals. Shortly after arrival and unpacking we received a call from the owner, who instructed us to move our "over-sized" van from the property, because it was parked to close to the fence that had just received a $600 paint job. The owner went on to state that he received a picture of the Van, which was taken by his wife upstairs. We immediately moved the van, but felt it would have been much more professional for the owners upstairs to come downstairs and have a face-to-face conversation with us, and not surreptitiously take pictures and send them to the husband! The walk to the beach was an easy few blocks. There was a nice deli across the street. The owners do not provide beach tags (unusual for Ocean City). The backyard has nice atmosphere, but beware, the owners walk through the area to get to their upstairs apartment instead of using their front door entrance. This also felt like a way for the owners to "keep their eye on guests" and it felt very intrusive. Luckily, we had good weather and spent most of our time at the beach or out and about. We left the apartment cleaned, as instructed (another annoyance; guests who pay top dollar are asked to vacuum the unit!) and waited for our security deposit. It came at the last moment, and was short $25. When I called the owner to inquire about the money, the Owner stated that one of his "No Sun Tan Lotion Signs" was missing from the Dining Table, and that he deducted the money because we must have taken his sign. I told him the sign was placed on top of the refrigerator to make room for meals on the table, and could he look to see if the sign had fallen behind the fridge? Well, no response from the Owner. The unit is clean (not spotless), comfortable, but not worth dealing with controlling Owners who seem to look for reasons to keep security deposits.
