Carobella Carriage House is a great place to stay in a great location. The king-sized bed is incredibly comfortable, as is the cozy couch. The kitchen is well-appointed and the entire place is quite clean. The location is beyond incredible... just STEPS away from the center of Rosemary Beach. Communication pre-arrival with the owner was clear and quick. Once we arrived, the property manager was just a text away. My husband used the bunk room as storage for our luggage and to spread out his clothes (there are drawers underneath the bottom bunk-- bonus space!). We made good use of the washer/ dryer in the garage and stored our bikes in there. Lots of leftover "toys" for the beach in there.. not sure what will be there when you get there, but there were multiple pool noodles, boogie boards, a beach wagon, and lots of sandcastle-building pails, shovels and other stuff. Oddly, there were also a number of bicycles in there including some that looked like rentals, but we didn't know if the garage was shared with the main house so we didn't touch them. The refrigerator in the basement was nice, but was a little too dirty inside the fridge portion for us to use for anything other than keeping 12 packs of soft drinks cold. Yes, I could have cleaned it, but I was on vacation! The small fridge in the unit worked out fine for us, size-wise.
We had rented this location for three main reasons: location, a real staircase and a porch (actually, two). Fair warning: the steps on the staircase are tricky unless the lights are fully on, so don't wander to the bathroom (downstairs) in the middle of the night without turning on the lights! Something about the placement of the first railing post being AFTER the steps start threw me and my husband off, as well as the placement of steps in the middle of the turn. YMMV. We didn't use the porches at all, because they are quite compact. Buildings are so close to one another that one porch faces a wall and overlooks the next house's pool (didn't want to be creepy!) and the other faces a bend in the street so you really don't have any sense of space. I knew there wouldn't be a "view" but that was a little less than I expected.
The location has some obvious ongoing issues. The floor in front of the mini-fridge is clearly damaged and stained black from prior leak(s), which we also experienced just after arriving. The back door also has clearly had multiple leaks.
Overall a great place.
