Upon arrival, in the middle of the night, we entered the side door with alarm. Both kids were sleeping and the alarm just kept blaring. Turns out it was a pool alarm (not mentioned) that will only be shut off by pressing the little round button by door and closing the door. Needless to say, this took about 30 mins in the middle of the night to finally figure out while unloading and by now both kids were wide awake and crying. It would have been nice to have some sort of heads up on the checkin info. That’s wasn’t really a big deal but the next morning I had to call maintenance for a mop because the place wasn’t adequately cleaned. There was white film left all over the bathtubs and sink areas so i just gave it a quick once over myself - just Incase.
We rented the house basically for the private pool. Unfortunately, the pool is almost useless due to all the mosquitoes. The moment we opened the back door you could see them flying around. We checked in on Wednesday and they couldn’t get someone to come spray until the following Monday. It did help a bit but still not enough to enjoy it like we planned. Our daughter is allergic and had over 8 bites just from one swim the second day we were there. The house backs up to some wooded area which is the cause for the mosquitos. During a routine pool cleaning the pool guys informed is they pulled out a baby copperhead from the skimmer - so just keep your eyes peeled. Lastly, we rented during the pandemic so planned to social distance as much as possible with the pool and cooking. The oven wouldn’t preheat all the way because the oven door wouldn't close all the way. All-in-all, the house is so charming and we made the most of it despite the issues we had. The rental company tried to accommodate all the issues in a quick manner and the maintenance guy was super nice. The location was great and about a mile away from the main watercolor pools and beach access. We probably wouldn’t stay here again just because of the pool scenario, however, if that’s not of importance to you - the house is really cute and love that it’s all one level with the kids.