The location is very convenient to everything you might be doing in Charleston. The property is beautiful: the enormous back yard , going back to the marsh, has a small forest of live oaks. Two large porches add to the living space .The house is spacious, well-designed , and furnished with interesting pieces. It was comfortable for our party of 12. The master suite is palatial. There are plentiful towels and the beds and bed linens are of good quality.
But the place has been neglected. When we arrived we were greeted by note saying the kitchen sink had been discovered, the day before, to be non-functional , but would be fixed the next day. It was not. Meanwhile, we discovered that the main oven and the dishwasher also didn’t work . Fortunately there is a secondary sink in the butlers pantry, ( the size of a full kitchen), and a second , small oven. Drawers in the kitchen were filled with junk, of the sort we all have in our homes, but don’t expect in a rental. There was a drawer full of filthy pot holders. The sponges were used and unpleasant- again, not what you expect. No dish towels at all, one dish rag. Baking pans that showed a lifetime of use. A haphazard collection of cooking tools.Superficial housekeeping was adequate but no one had bothered cleaning up under the sinks, or in the bathroom drawers either. Closets were filled with pillows and blankets just thrown in. The master closet was almost completely dark, as all but one bulb had burned out. It was very disturbing to see all this evidence of careless neglect in this wonderful house.
The sink and dishwasher were fixed on our third day, the oven wasn’t salvageable. The owner said he’d replace it later. It is puzzling that the owner didn’t know about these problems with his appliances. To his credit, he offered us a free night to make up for all the inconvenience, and two members of our party were able to do this - the rest of us were returning home on our last day. It would take very little effort to bring this house up to the standards one expects In a vrbo rental of this price and quality.