House is a 3 minute walk to the beach and has a great layout for our family, which included grandparents, 4 sets of parents and 4 adult "children" from 18-24.
Pros: Perfect location, lots of king-sized beds, 3 balconies (deeper than our previous rentals in Surfside, so more spacious), plenty of plates/cups, bathroom for every bedroom, BOTH a drip coffee maker and a keurig, a pot large enough to cook corn on the cob available
Cons: Missing some basic items in the kitchen and when you rent a house of this size, the intention for a family is usually to do some cooking. We did not have: a pitcher, a 2 quart pan, NO COOKING KNIVES...not even one although there were 2 sharpening steels, no hairdryer (which I didn't expect, but others in the house thought that would be standard), broken vegetable peeler, broken electric can opener (who uses those anyway), shower curtain so moldy that we had to buy bleach. Need small containers for leftovers.
Houses are completely stripped now, possibly due to COVID 19, so there isn't even salt and pepper in the house. Usually you'll find some useful things left by the previous tenant like a roll of foil or napkins. Then you supplement and leave a few things for the next people. Nothing now, so everything has to be brought in to stock the house.
Beds have a sheet and a cotton quilt spread. If you need something warmer, bring blankets. The room with the bunk beds have horrible mattresses. I guess they will be fine of little kids, but we had young adults on 2 beds and they ended up sleeping on the couch.
No floor mats in the bathrooms. Bring your own unless you do not mind stepping out on bare floor.
Lots of palmetto bugs at night on the decks. Bring bug spray.
No beach gear or grill unless you rent with VayK. Hpwever, we were surprised that someone had left a small charcoal grill on the premises.
Sea Star Realty left a nice little welcome packet with salt/pepper and a few small samples. Thank you. However, we called about the lack of knives on arrival day (Sat) and didn't receive knives until Thursday. We had to call for a clogged sink as well and we had someone to clean it out within 24 hours, so that was good.