House was just that - fine. We've stayed at much nice units on Folly for much lower rates.
Positives: Nice decor, recently renovated, location to beach and easy walk to town, great neighbors, common area for entertaining, quality beds in 3 upstairs beds
Negatives: cheap beds downstairs, two bathrooms is too few and one of them off the dining room, persistent bug problem upon check in; we had five adults, one 7yo, and one baby, and it felt tight - could not imagine having another adult
Important considerations:
-The floors are paper thin, resulting in a ton of noise. With kids or older folks, you are just hearing noise all the time with every footstep. You lay in bed hearing someone else's conversation, cough, etc. It's not relaxing. At some places the floor is so thin you can see light passing through from the other level. Someone gets up at night to use the bathroom?? you hear everything
-The picture of the approach to the beach is misleading. Beyond the wooden walkway there is a portion of walkway that is not "paved", ending with a 2 foot drop that you have to jump over to get to the beach - no railing, etc. It's fine for kids to jump down off the dune, but if you are older, or carrying a child (or any load), you'll want to walk to the public beach access with is fortunately just 20 yards down the block. It is not easy to get back to the house from the beach, since there are no stairs or railings.
-Had several bad interactions with the management company: a) multiple dead bugs in the middle of the floor upon checkin...definitely makes you wonder about how thorough the cleaning was. When the rep stopped by to check on us, we mentioned the persistent ant problem, he thanked us for notifying him then never followed up or offered any assistance...why bother asking if you aren't going to do anything. b) after a 12 hour drive, we arrived at the house an hour before checkin...the house had already been cleaned and cleared by the management company. Desperately needing a bathroom, holding an infant needing a diaper change, I asked the management company to let us in 1 hour early. We paid $22,000 to rent this home, and mgmt co said they would only open the door if I gave them another $100. I would understand if the house wasn't ready, or if we had asked for a guaranteed early arrival, but this just felt grabby. Bad example of southern hospitality and horrible customer service.
