This guest apartment rates a 10 for location, spaciousness, decor and cleanliness! From this quiet neighborhood, walking to the beach is a little over a half mile; restaurants are about a mile, and the terrain is flat for easy strolling. There were a few issues though that could have made our stay better:
When vacationing for just a couple days we prefer to get take out food. Sometimes food needs to be warmed up, and although there is a stove, there is no microwave.
Usually one expects to find shower supplies convenient to the shower. However we only found after searching back under the sink cabinet there was a “curl-control” shampoo and Head n Shoulders, but no regular shampoo, conditioner, or bath soap.
Rental units should have a fire extinguisher. We assume the box up on an upper shelf held a fire extinguisher, but it seems like one should be installed ready to use and not boxed.
There is a gap, at least 1/2 inch between the front door edge and the door frame such that the latch bolt does not reach the striker plate. The dead bolt reaches across the gap, and you must use this to close the door. This doesn’t seem very secure.
Returning to the unit in the evening was somewhat of a problem because it is so dark you can’t see the key pad numbers on the gate lock. Once inside the gate there may have been a light to turn on for the stairs, but it was too dark to find a switch. Then at the top of the stairs it is pretty dark to find the keyhole for the door.
The apartment is equipped with a Roku TV. So you could watch streaming programs if you supplied your own subscription. Aside from that the TV had a very annoying robotic voice.
There was a selection of interesting books provided, but come nighttime there were only ceiling lights in the kitchen and bedroom, and a couple cute lamps not adequate for reading.
We don’t like to be negative, as Ashley and Chris seem like lovely hosts. We hope they can attend to these issues to really make their place as outstanding as it deserves.