I had high hopes for this location for my last min business trip, below is my honest review based solely on provable facts.
Cons:
1: Upon arrival ants in the kitchen, primarily 2 drawers with some scattering on the counter. ( immediately brought to the host attention and in such a way that I was wiping and removing them but wanted to make it known in case she somehow wasn't already aware. ( she gave no reply about this) the problem continued thru the whole trip.
Also the pans were not clean to the point I did the paper towel test and about gagged! I obviously cleaned the pans prior to use and left them cleaner than I found them on exit.
2: NO Bikes I booked this location two days prior to my trip and did so based on it stating that there were 3 bikes avail for riding. After arrival and patience on lack of response from host it came to light that there were zero bikes avail. She stated that they were stolen a week prior. I tried to be compassionate and state that this was a bummer for both of us and that I was sorry that happened to her, she followed up with stating this has happened before. She then told me that I could rent bikes down the road.
The thing of it is, is that I made known I was excited for the bikes before I even traveled and no mention was made of theft, and there was delay upon my requesting direction on where to get the bikes prior to her telling me that they were stolen..( after the other events that occurred thru my two days of stay I can't help but feel like it was a bate and switch kind of situation) if I wanted to rent bikes I would have just grabbed one of the other locations that was avail for a little less money, this location seemed like an all in one.
3:The upstairs neighbors are very loud or sound transfers incredibly well, they were loud till well past 11 on weekday and had to put music on in room to drown out the sound. ( I want to be clear you could honestly hear what they were saying for conversation I am not just being a nit picker)
4: Communication with the host was difficult, some moments faster than others but some took 2hrs for response and one overnight . Bear in min I was there for 2 nights and had 3 subjects to interact on(ants,bikes,parking). All necessary and relevant as I often don't have to interact
with hosts and since I travel a lot I stay at many places and can count on one hand experiences that were less than desired.
5:While there is a fireplace it came with one fresh piece of wood and two pre burn pieces. No extras and no direction where to even obtain more wood if desired.
6: The beach and subsequent water was littered with debris and to the point of there was no way I would walk barefoot on the beach let alone swim in it. Some of that can be from the rains and such but not only does it remind me how irresponsible people are with our planet and sea creature but also just the level of unsafe swimming would have been.
The view was pretty from the house just not upon entry to the beach
I really would have appreciated some concessions or at a min an appearance of care for the client.
Pro:
1: The general location is good and the view from the kitchen is nice,
2 The shower and tub side by side option is very cool feature for speed and versatility
3:The patio looks wonderful and on a nice summer day is sure to be enjoyable
4: The bed is very comfortable
5: The kitchen layout is is excellent