I have never needed to leave a negative comment for a place we've rented, but unfortunately there were some pain points in this home that directly affected our vacation and I can't honestly recommend renting it until the owners make a few repairs and/or solve a few issues.
Pros: The house does look just as pictured in person. The decorations and updates are nice in the kitchen and throughout the bedrooms and family room. It's definitely a cute beach cottage, and perfect size for a small family (we were two adults and our toddler) but not GREAT for a small child like ours because it's very close to NC 12 and there's not much room to ride a bike or scooter that doesn't put the child right on the highway. Not a deal breaker, but just for fair warning, I thought I'd include it. He did have fun on the scooter under the house/in the driveway.
Location is good - very close to Food Lion and a few restaurants and seafood markets. The check in process was good and we felt happy with the location.
Cons: Waterbugs, aka Oriental Roaches aka Palmetto bugs. The morning after we checked in, we awoke to a large roach crawling up the drapes and throughout the day, would find 5 more. These large bugs are NOT a sign of infestation or a dirty kitchen. We get that. They are prone to wander in when a house is backed up to lots of thick brush like this house is. It still had a negative effect on our trip and kept us on edge looking out for them. We saw 2-3 after that initial day.
Large appliance issues were a problem. We ran the dishwasher and the result was standing water inside and no dishes were cleaned, even though it looked like the washing pod was dissolved. We wound up running it 4 times and finally just gave up because the dishes weren't getting cleaned. We washed everything by hand after that.
We had some trouble with toilets not flushing as well. Maybe this house needs a septic pump? But at one point, my husband had to use a Tupperware filled with water to get the toilet to flush. Just regular size flushes were slow to go down. Not fun.
Neutral but worth mentioning: There's not a ton of outdoor lounge space. There's a small deck but it is in need of treatment from wear and water rot, and we weren't comfortable using the hot tub since the wood looked so degraded underneath it.
There were some responsiveness issues from the owner at first, but he did wind up communicating with us throughout our visit after we flagged these issues.