We booked a unit with the anticipation of opening our front door and stepping out into the sand… or at least having a balcony to see the ocean from like in the pictures… neither of these were true for us. The water is about 2 blocks away (the beach is only a beach in this location at low tide), you have to walk down a ramp down to the sand because of the break wall. If the tide is high there is no beach and, unless you’re a strong swimmer or paddler, you will get slammed into the rock break wall by the waves.
This property is right next to the train tracks and trains run about every 15-20 minutes. The horns blow and the warning bells ring every time the trains pass. As with most beach city properties, this property does not have air conditioning so we had to sleep with the windows open. As you can imagine it is very difficult to sleep with trains running into the night.
The property itself is pretty from the front of the building, but we were placed in a rear facing unit that was run down and smelled badly. The unit was not very clean, the refrigerator was disgusting and the furniture was dirty and gross. The floors were not swept and the fan in the upstairs bathroom was falling out of the ceiling! There is no reserved parking so if you get a spot close to the building don’t leave!
Carol, the owner, is SO inappropriate. When she thought we were not in the unit she walked up to the door with a couple that was interested in renting the unit we were in. She was shocked when we were there and stammered and stuttered her way around explaining that “She was just going to show them where the unit was”. The couple obviously intended to see the unit because they were mad that we said no they couldn’t come walk through the unit while we were renting it. Carol came back and said that the unit was going to be empty so we were welcome to a late check out. The next morning (check out day) we were packing up and the kids were eating breakfast and Carol unlocks the door and says “Oh, I thought you left already”, ummm no, if she’d have knocked she would have known that (and it wasn’t even check out time yet!)! Then she stands there staring at us and asks to help us pack! Again, no... There is not a doubt in my mind that she was in the unit while we weren’t there, things were moved and rifled through when we got back from the store. This was not the relaxing quick trip to the beach that we were hoping for! We do NOT recommend renting from this person.