When we were looking for a vacation home to rent in the Charleston, SC area, (my wife was REALLY looking forward to this trip) we found all the beautiful homes on the Isle of Palms and really thought this was the place to stay. Then we found 4 abalone alley. A house on the security gate side of the wild dunes resort. A short walk to the beach. Found wonderful photos of this house. Then we pulled up to the house, surrounded by beautiful houses, wow. We thought we found an amazing house. As we walked up to the door our attitude slowly changed. The landscaping has been ignored, (when was the last time anyone landscaped at this house? Years?) Trash on the ground around the sidewalk to the front entrance. So, seeing that we starting to look very closely at this house as the days passed. Paint chipped on the red walls in the front entrance, light bulbs burned out, lamps with wrong bulbs, electrical switches not or partially working (check the main entrance dimmer switch, no dimming), under cabinet lighting rotting (bulb fell down), televisions/cable in the house was horrible! Only 1 television was fully functional, (we had to reset the modem multiple times to watch television) 2 televisions were not connected at all and the main living room television was turned on but there was no cable feed to it. HVAC grill covers not installed properly, plumbing, 1 bathtub was clogged(first shower)(had to use a plunger), bathroom with rain shower head(over 50% of the head spouts were clogged) right-hand sink is slow to drain and is loose on the base, the toilet seat in this room is not properly fitted and loose. (Sitting on it for the first time nearly resulted in a fall) the ceiling fan does not work, towels hooks are not attached properly. 2 sliding doors to the pool area are fogging because of age and condition. The garage is a storage dump after we saw that we parked outside the entire stay. The garage also needs a carpenter and a painter. (You offer this garage for guests to park in?) Speaking of paint, many locations on and in this house needs the paint refreshed. Especially the area around the sliding doors to the pool, (cracking, missing, mold) The pool was very clean and the water was good. Speaking of the pool area, fence board out, slab around the pool desperately needs power washed! The pool chairs are disgusting! Shouldn't the chairs be a bright white? We were VERY DISAPPOINTED to see and experience all this in such a neighborhood and for what we paid for the 5 nights and knowing you charge $810 per night plus fees? This was the worst part of our trip! We did take photos of what we saw and am very willing to share them with you.
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I wanted to highlight this issue separately. My wife found the bedroom she REALLY liked, as she pulled the comforter back she found dried blood on the sheet and pillow a case. In all the miles we have traveled we have never seen this! This is completely disgusting! I would think that the sheet and pillowcase should have been disposed of?!? VERY SAD!!!