We have stayed with Meredith Lodging before and haven't had issues, but this house was such a frustrating disappointment, if I could give it 0 stars I would. We visit the coast several times a year and do one long weekend before the end of summer and like to try new homes each time. We went 2 weeks ago and I thought I would have calmed down and just not written a review this time, but this was the most expensive weekend rental we've ever gotten and I would hate for another family to go through the same experience we did. The photos from the posting must be at least 5-10 years old and are heavily edited/brightened. We like to cook meals at the house so that we aren't eating out for all 3 meals every day, but the grill was filthy and falling apart, the kitchen was so empty we had to go get pans and supplies to cook with, the kitchen cabinets looked like they'd never been wiped down and although the place supposedly sleeps 10, there were only 6 forks...total. The carpets had dark stains all over and there were popcorn pieces in the living room from the people that were there before us, the couches were stained and gross and there were no extra pillows or linens for the extra futon bed downstairs. My husband could barely fit in the "half" bath, which was actually just a hallway laundry room with a toilet and pedestal sink. At that point, it was laughable because we kept finding more and more issues that it wasn't even worth reaching out to get resolution because the only thing that would have made it better was a different place. I wouldn't recommend this home to anyone, even if it was less expensive, I was stewing at all the other places we were considering and didn't reserve that ended up being nicer and cheaper. If it weren't for an amazing visit with family and trying to make light of a bad situation, the weekend would have been a complete disaster.
