I truly hope the actual owners read this review. I am very surprised by all of the excellent reviews of this property. I am going to post a very thorough and very realistic review of this vacation home.
We have stayed at SEVERAL HHI vacation homes with medium-high expectations, especially for over $300/night.
This house was incredible when it was first built. Our initial impression of the home was WOW! We have casually looked at HHI Homes with the intention of purchasing a vacation home one day.
The really good:
-Huge, well constructed home.
-Perfect 2 car garage
-Pretty clean for a beach home
-Large bedrooms, plenty of room to spread out
-We enjoyed that it was not within a larger neighborhood, such as Palmetto Dunes, as it made coming and going very simple.
-Gorgeous pool
-Outdoor shower with hot water!
-Short walk to the PUBLIC beach
-Small package of toiletries/kitchen items
The bad-
There are some non-negotiable things mentioned here that would prevent us from returning and thus earned 3 stars. I will also mention some things that are "fine", but truly need renovating.
-EVERYTHING IS DATED. I mean like things your Grandma discards. The bowls/cups were atrocious brown, chipped items likely from rummage sales. Big thumbs down. There were hardly enough regular dishes/bowls/cups. Anywhere else has had copious amounts of amazing dishware/cups/etc.
-Minimal cooking supplies. Scratched up pots/pans. Barely adequate utensils. NO condiments, oils, salt, etc.
-Mismatched kitchen appliances, again likely from consignment sales, that rarely worked.
-Terribly damaged/scratched kitchen table from the 80s
-TVs (mostly OLD) with mismatched, dirty remotes that rarely worked. Only the living room TV worked.
-Clothes dryer didn't work well at all. The lint filter was a literal hole.
-Shamefully outdated bedroom furniture- with huge holes in it- again likely purchased from an old hotel auction. The drawers didn't close, they were beat up, the headboards were very loose. The curtains were a joke.
-The mattresses were way too hard. The comforters were all dirty.
-The AC states not to set it lower than 70. Ok. NO matter what we did it was humid and warm.
-The "air hockey table" and "darts" were a joke. They didn't work at all.
-DARE I mention that the "hot" tub wasn't heated, nor the pool.
-If I owned this home, I would be appalled. It needs some serious updates.
-The beach walk is longer than you expect. Public access.
-Surrounding homes- questionable.
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