The property has some real potential. Location is pretty good, nice view and all. The dune (as mentioned in other reviews) was no problem for me (32 years - pretty fit), but other members of our party did not want to go to the beach much because of it. That is not part of my overall rating, it’s obviously out of their hands.
Here’s why I decided to do 3 stars only.
- You pay a cleaning fee and I didn’t think the home was very clean. It wasn’t filthy, but I found a left behind water bottle from previous renters, some missed vacuuming and my in-laws shower curtain had mold on it.
- Speaking of mold, there is or was serious leak in the ceiling in the kitchen which has black mold (?) growing on it. I went back to the pictures after arriving and it’s actually visible in the pictures. No way no one is aware of it. It’s right over the fridge in the kitchen. There’s another spot (no mold) in the twin bedroom closet. I’m not sure if the leak has been fixed, we didn’t notice water dripping, but that could be patched.
- Fixtures.... fixtures in the bathrooms need to be replaced. There’s limescale or something on almost every bathroom fixture. Maybe I’m too squirmish, but washing my hands or showering when I look at that makes me feel dingy.
- Bathrooms could also use more racks or hangers. Really no space to hang washcloths or towels. My bathroom had 1 towel bar (king size on 2nd floor). The jack and jill bathroom that connects a queen bedroom and 2 twin bedrooms also only had 1 towel bar. Even some over the door hangers would work.
- For some reason there were only 5 chairs around the dining table. Not sure what happened to the 6th chair, there was no explanation. My guess is a previous guest spilled something onto the light colored fabric. It’s an odd choice, I was worried about my kids making a mess on those chairs. This made for fun juggling with each meal.
- The wheels on the sliding door that probably gets used most is in serious need of replacing. 3rd floor right to face the ocean was such a struggle to open.
- Some pots need to be replaced. They don’t sit flat on the stove top and just wobble, couldn’t get water to boil so had to use the lobster pot which is fun to clean, and here’s why...
- The kitchen sink faucet just barely reaches far enough. Would have worked much better if the faucet had a higher arc or had a sprayer attachment.
My party and I felt it could have been better with a few inexpensive updates.