The goods:
1. The location couldnt be beat. It had beautiful views both north & south of the ocean & the inlet of the intercoastal. Beach walks were wonderful with both the Ocean side & Intercoastal (for those windy days) both within easy reach.
2. The home was clean- except blankets. Its Covid times & this was very important to us. We purposely picked a place we could drive to, no public trans, & rented a house versus a Hotel with other people. The one item that was not clean, which was an issue was the blankets for the beds. We had sheets supplied, & removed the bedspreads. But the fleece blankets for the beds obviously had not been washed after the last user....so the first night we slept with just the sheet as bedding (We arrived at 9 pm after a crazy13 hour drive, so no time to do laundry until the next morning.)
3. The house was nicely decorated, quaint & beachy. There was a good supply of games. (We now love the game Mancala!)
4. We rented bikes & that was very convenient. They literally delivered the bikes, left them under the house, and collected them after we left. They forgot to deliver helmets (Beach Fun rentals I think it was.) I called & they delivered them immediately.
The bads:
1. There literally was not a dishwasher tablet, paper towel, dish sponge, drop of laundry detergent, a single garbage bag, or piece of toilet paper in the entire house. We own a couple of beach rentals in NJ and I supply at least a couple days of all of those items. Again being Covid times we brought all our own groceries as I really didnt want to go out shopping. Luckily we had an emergency roll of tp with us or I dont know what we would have done the first night! So the first morning I had to go out shopping for all of those items, which was a bit annoying. I then found an email from the rental company, sent 2 hours after we left NJ that morning that lists there are none of these items in the home...but that was a little too late, we had already left! It doesnt cost much to supply those items and makes it much easier for the renter!!!
2. Since I had to go out shopping anyway. The listing shows a Gas BBQ, & the sign on the fridge also indicates there is a gas BBQ. So whilst I was out I bought some burgers. But then when I returned, found out the BBQ was not gas, but charcoal, & full of dirty Charcoal which we had no place to get rid of, and we had no charcoal- so no BBQ.
All in all it was a nice Covid break for my family.
