Spacious, adequately-equipped property. Many photo collages & frames of (presumed) family & friends displayed, as well as an autographed rocking chair with a sign asking that it not be used. Very lovely, but personal touches that were awkward & unexpected for renting guests.
On-line descriptions differed enough from actual experience.
Distance to beach seemed obviously farther than 3 blocks.
When we reserved the property, a king bed, 2 queens, etc. were listed. Since we provided our own bed sheets, I contacted owners shortly before our arrival to confirm final details, (what we needed to bring, etc.,) and am grateful I did; because they’d upgraded a queen to a king (a nice upgrade); but hadn’t updated the website (or us).
I’d packed for 1 king & 2 queens; but ended up having to purchase 1 king set, last minute.
***We checked in to discover the washer full of dirty bedding & towels, as well as more dirty laundry piled in the laundry room. We contacted the owner immediately to notify them and asked what we should do? They responded promptly & were apologetic; but we were told to “set it aside until they could figure out who left it behind”.
It was with us for our entire week; and we never heard from them again; (although they invited us to contact them if necessary.)
In the covid environment we all live in, we were disturbed by this unsanitary find, and didn’t appreciate the casual response to what we paid for and expected to be clean and ready for our week-long stay.
Additionally, all the showers in the bathrooms had previous guests’ soaps, shower gels, etc. still in the showers we’d expected to be clean and empty for our stay.
The pillows & bedspreads left for our use smelled stale, musty & sweaty.
And the back patio floor with the hammock had dozens of nails scattered on the floor, which we had to sweep up so the toddler in our group didn’t get hurt.
Nice outdoor shower!
Kitchen was listed as recently updated; but the stove had the bottom storage drawer damaged & hanging broken; as was the family room tv cabinet doors; the back deck awning (which if operational, would’ve shaded the lovely back deck & prevented bare feet burns because of the sun); a couple of broken drawers in the “master” bedroom (a couple drawers were already filled with stuff, which prevented our use).
The baby gate pictured online wasn’t present when we arrived. Our toddler needed much overseeing because of its absence.
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