Pros: Great location, close to shops, restaurants, and the beach! Comfortable beds, really quiet, (considering it was close to main road). Loved the deck. There were available boogie boards and a beach cart available (wish I had known before I rented my own beach gear prior to arriving)
Cons: >No curtains so the (bright) sun woke us up every morning by 5:45 a.m. (There were blinds, but doesn't block the sun).
>The grass was very tall (I'm 6'2" and it was to my knees) and we could not use the back yard the first four days (we were excited about having a fenced in yard with our dog). We were there from Monday to Saturday. The grass was cut when we arrived back to the house Thursday night, so it was cut Thursday.
>The front gate did not have a latch on it and it would not stay shut well. When we arrived, it was held closed by a trashcan. We had to move the trash cans far from the gate, because they smelled horrible! That meant the gate was almost always open.
>There were dead termites in many of the drawers in the house and a couple on the wall. But they were dead at least. (I figured the cleaning fee may have taken care of that prior to our arrival). The Orkin man did show up on Friday to make sure the workers did everything right when they were there to do a treatment. I just know I paid a cleaning fee too, so hopefully the dead termites are gone for the next family.
>When they say check-in is at 4 p.m. they mean it. We arrived in Gulf Shores at 11:30 a.m. (due to having to check out of our other house in Mobile). Even though I called, they still would not allow early check in. ***Guess that isn't a con, since it was posted a 4 p.m. check in was non-negotiable.***
>Could not use the cornhole game as I did not have a tool to loosen the legs on one of the boards. (They also were not locked up upon our arrival).
>I knew there were pics of a horseshoe posts, but we did not see horseshoes anywhere. (Due to the tall grass, we could not have played until Friday anyway, which was our last night there).
In reality, it may seem bad that I put so many cons, however we would stay here again. The house is cute, is decorated nicely, and was very comfortable.