Wilmington

"We were more than pleased with the accommodations at Merlin's Magic. I think I slept better than I ever have away from home (and that's a huge accomplishment for me). We loved the location, and I appreciated that the washer/dryer were inside the house. We stayed at another cottage on the island last year and those appliances were under the deck. Not fun in the rain. Merlin's place had everything we needed. We took things that we ended up not needing because there were so many supplies that we could've left ours at home -- paper towels, toilet tissue, detergent, and everything else. It was great to be able to SEE the ocean and hear it! I didn't find anything in disrepair. While it's true that new living room furniture would be nice, what's there is adequate. We have old-school TVs at home and no cable, so it was a treat to have it on vacation. We enjoyed the deck downstairs, and I enjoyed the one upstairs. I had no trouble with the bathroom off the kitchen and thought the shower head worked just fine -- plenty of pressure and it didn't scald me. The washer/dryer work efficiently and do a thorough job. My one suggestion: a couple of new stoppers for the bathroom sinks, just for rinsing out swimsuits. It would have helped me, anyway; no one else reading this review might care about that. I thought this was a superb find, all the way around. Communication from the owners was fast and friendly. I don't think we could have asked for more. We loved Max's Pizza, Sears Landing, and Patio Playground for food."