You can't beat the location! Steps away from the beautiful Newport Beach sand. The property management company was fantastic. Super quick to respond, very polite, and more than willing to work with my late check in on a holiday weekend.
Like other reviewers mention, the beds do not have sheets on upon arrival and you are instructed upon departure to remove the sheets but make the bed with the blankets - which is exactly how it looks when you arrive so I don't know if the blankets are (ever) washed...definitely had to push that out of my slightly germophobic mind.
The damage deposit is actually damage insurance - and it's pretty steep given the condition of the interior. The cabinets were peeling, rust was present on most metal fixtures, the couches looked sun-faded and stained, the garbage disposal technically works, but we didn't trust it because it took so long to empty, the windows were all stiff and difficult to open, and the shutters were essentially all broken. Nothing so serious as to ruin a laid back beach vacation, but what is this insurance for if not to fix these sorts of issues?
Also, there are no beach towels - at all. At a beach house...and the bath towels were issued at one per guest. So not a lot of wiggle room on the towel front. We forgot to bring some so we made a quick Target run. But it is surprising that being on the beach and all there were not any beach towels, blankets, or mats. There were a lot of beach chairs and toys though, so that was great.