We stayed in this unit in August 2015 after having rented many other units in Seaside over the past few years. We would rent this unit again, however, this particular property had the most overlooked/nuisance details of any of the places we have rented in the 30A area.
Pros:
1) Good location to the beach, pools, and shops/restaurants. For convenience, you cannot beat being on the Central Square although there is a lot more foot and car traffic if that is a concern for you (which it wasn't for us).
2) The unit's size was more than sufficient for our group with four true bedrooms and ample common space.
3) Furniture, carpeting, etc were all in good condition.
Cons:
1) The half bath has a pocket door. Upon check-in we were informed that the door was off of its track and could not be operated (it was stuck open). This basically made the bathroom unusable for us since the door could not be closed and it was right on the main foyer of the overall unit. It wasn't a big deal for us since we didn't have a full 9 people in the unit but I would have been more upset by this if we had more people staying at the unit.
2) The Washer/Dryer can best be described as "Junk". I realize that they are an expensive European brand, however, I would have preferred a cheap brand that actually worked. The dryer literally emits an ongoing sound that sounds like two surfaces are grinding against each other. It would routinely take 2+ hours of drying to dry washed clothes and due to the decibel level from the dryer, we could only stand to operate the dryer when we were going to be out of the unit.
3) The kitchen was the most oddly/poorly equipped of any rental we have ever had. Case in point, the kitchen has three coffee makers (yes, three) but also only had three coffee cups. Again, I don't expect fine china in a vacation rental, but for a unit that sleeps nine, to only have three coffee cups is annoying. Other basics were absent including measuring cups/spoons and sufficient numbers cereal bowls.
On the con's, I am not sure whether these are Management Company issues or Owner issues. I would assume that only the owner could make the decision about replacing the washer/dryer but it wouldn't surprise me if the owner was unaware of the lack of coffee cups (as an example). This is the first time we have rented through the "Homeowners Collection". Our previous rentals have been through Cottage Rental Agency and we didn't have any of these issues.