PROS:
BEAUTIFUL VIEW/SETTING, mattresses, neighbors, safe road to walk 0.4 mile to beach, clean bathrooms & grill, kayak
CONS:
• Sand on furniture in multiple rooms found by first morning. Lifting sleeper sofa only a foot revealed lots of sand, hair, & popcorn.
• THICK dust on blinds & window sills. Counters not clean & lots of crumbs & splatters in drawers & cabinets.
• Only few pcs. of cheap silverware, rusty, old kitchen tools (inoperable can opener), 50+ knives but none sharp enough to use (used our pocket knife).
• Cold H2O barely worked in master shower so they were all piping hot – bad for sunburn or kids.
• No privacy in master - door doesn’t lock & is a pocket, so chair can’t be used to keep kids out.
• All 3 doors for master area are old pockets operating LOUDLY on tracks so wakes those sleeping in the curtained area and vice versa.
• Many bad deck boards & nails sticking up. Cut-open foot led to a shoe rule.
• No hair dryer, games/movies/books/entertainment, kayak paddle, extra blankets, sheets for sleeper sofa unless you book for 11+ (Had folks who don’t share beds – adult opposite-sex siblings, dating teens, & a vulnerable T1 diabetic, so needed all beds in ad.) Extra bedding brought once quoted line item that said it’d be there, but was told in same text contract to be revised immediately. Simply put- NO extras here. Other than sheets/blankets, the listing didn’t mislead, but other homes we’ve rented for decades are way better equipped, incl. adjacent house we rented during this same stay.
• Dishwasher full despite multiple warnings day before of consequences if it weren’t emptied. Have to handle it or worry you’ll receive the consequences.
• Microwave is in state of disrepair.
• Many totally broken beach chairs, kayak paddles, etc. - renter could be held responsible.
• A sign has been added to pillar by boat ramp since listing pics to warn to “stay away from the water” due to “alligators & snakes in the area.” Informed at 7:52 p.m. the night before check-in of actual recent gator at property, & asked to agree to water-use terms separate from terms on VRBO. What choice do you have at that point? Again, the setting is beautiful & some folks care less about swimming, doors locking, etc. This review is long because I appreciate being able to read details & determine if a neg is a neg for US. Couldn’t find a way to just post screen shots or pics of all this stuff or would’ve said less & let them speak for themselves.