House is quaint but wasn’t for my family. We were hoping for a cute cottage and a bedroom with an ocean view. This place does not have any ocean views. Porch is cute but we encountered multiple wasp nests so sitting outside was not ideal. Kitchen is well equipt with staples available for use. Cottage shares a driveway with neighbor who had an old bus and a boat in the yard which was the view from the living room. We felt the living room furniture was uncomfortable and the fireplace was not available for use. Also, despite that it’s set back from the road and somewhat private, the curtain situation didn’t really work well. With window unit ACs, the window to floor curtains didn’t work very well if you want the AC on (which we did because it was humid and August) so it was leave the curtains open or tie them up. And the master curtain didn’t close completely.
Annlee seemed easy to deal with when we first communicated and then changed her tune once I voiced my concerns. It was the first time I had to deal with this and it put a damper on our vacation. Owner felt that making comments like “Clearly, it is impossible to make some people happy, but unfortunately, I accepted your booking which has caused me lost income - and also caused you disappointment. As you can see from my positive reviews, any other family would have been delighted and appreciative of my home, when it looks as if you were expecting the luxury of The Four Seasons!” which made dealing with this even harder. We were by no means expecting the Four Seasons. Different people/families enjoy certain aspects of one home over another, and we were hoping for (any) ocean view and a usable outside porch as the listing stated. Owner did try to make a “gesture of good will” which was “designed to entice” us to stay but obviously very much took it personal when we didn’t want to. I’ve stayed at many VRBO homes without any problems. Just feel potential renters should know what to expect.