We (party of 10—4 adults and 6 kids—two families) stayed at this rental for 4 nights. It is a charming home, beautifully decorated, well updated, well cared for and conveniently located to airport, zoo, aquarium, beach, Target, breweries and more! We booked for the price, pool and proximity to many of our activities and in this way it did not disappoint. The home is tucked into a nice, quiet neighborhood. Ashlee, the host was very helpful and super quick to respond via text to any question we had. The host provided 10 bath towels, beach towels, plenty of hand towels and wash cloths, 3 laundry pods, 2 rolls of toilet paper per bathroom, fully stocked shampoo/conditioner/body wash, several rolls of paper towels, well stocked kitchen pots/pans/dishes/silverware for our needs (mainly breakfast and snacks). Overall, we were very pleased with the rental and would highly recommend it as long as guests know that they have to pay extra to heat the pool.
The two things we would consider as an improvement would be:
1.
a vanity style sink in the bathroom/laundry room area as it would be more comfortable and easy (thinking kids for washing hands and brushing teeth. It is currently a utility sink.
2.
Upfront cost to have pool heated. We had assumed the advertised heated pool would be ready to use upon arrival. We were notified a day or so before our arrival that it was an additional fee to heat the pool. It was 76 degrees when we arrived. A couple kids took the plunge but the majority of the group thought it was too cold to enjoy. This was a bummer as it was something we all looked forward to using. It is a lovely, clean pool with floats, toys, etc just colder than what we expected the advertised “heated pool” to be. By the time our group decided to pay for the pool to be heated, it never reached the 90 degrees we were told it would heat to. We were grateful to Ashley as she tried to help us get things warmer but it just wasn’t happening. She did not end up charging us for the attempt to heat it up and was very helpful and responsive as we tried. Consider the additional cost of heating the pool if you are expecting to use it. The hot tub was set to the low 90s and older but the kids enjoyed it. It would have been a very cozy fit for us four adults to use with the kids or solo. The friends we traveled with have an I ground pool and were surprised that there was no pool cover (would help retain heat) as well as a remote way to start pump/heater.