We LOVED the house! updated, had ALL of the kitchen pots/pans/utensils/etc you could need, spacious, had a place for the kiddos to go and play while the living room, large kitchen table and back deck was the gathering place for all... Lots of great fishing, kayaks and easy walk to the beach across the main road. House was GREAT!
The management company had some pros & cons though... Pros: They allowed me add my pup for weekend after my sitter had to leave town unexpectedly and I couldn't find anyone else to stay with him.. added the fee and we were good to go!
Cons: I asked earlier in the day of arrival if we could check in a little earlier (1 hour) than the 3pm check in time since it didn't take us quite as long as the GPS arrival time estimated but because of a crew working on the seawall on the property we weren't able to do so... we had been in the car for 12 hours with 2 stinky 12 year old boys and a golden retriever so we were ready to get to the house since we couldn't take the dog in anywhere for an hour ... I get it, but since I had asked earlier that morning I would have been hopeful that they would be a tiny bit more accommodating and let the crew know we were arriving a little earlier ....
when we got there at 3, the cleaning ladies were smoking on the front porch and the house was not ready... at all.. sheets still washing, not swept etc... the mgmt co took care of this for us and were kind enough to ask the crew to leave and let us have the house... which was appreciated
the other thing that bothered me was that I asked via chat on the day of arrival how to get into the bathroom outside on the bottom level of the house and the response was that it was not avail for the guests. There's a picture of it on the ad so I had assumed it was but didn't push the issue.. halfway through the visit I forgot the code to the front door and when I looked it up there was also a key code for the lock box out front, yep... there was a key to the bathroom on the bottom level that we could have utilized the whole time.
Oh well... anyway, overall the house was great and we loved our visit. The management company just didn't know the house very well, maybe it was new to them as well. This wouldn't cause me to not use them again, they were accommodating in other areas and made the visit nice...
Overall, I love Dauphin Island in every way and the house was icing on the top! Beautiful house that met every need while we were there!