I will preface this with the fact that I so wanted to leave a good review. I usually just skip leaving them when I have negative things to say (I don't like to be "that guy"). But I chose this place based on others' reviews and I was sorely disappointed that I didn't read further into them. If you are looking for any kind of an updated place, you may want to keep looking. This place was very bare bones, falling apart, nothing available for beach use, and lacked even salt & pepper for basic cooking. The appliances were dirty and had dried food on them, so we just ate out for each meal. It kind of defeated the idea of renting a place with a kitchen!
We arrived and came inside to find trails of ants in the kitchen while unloading our snacks/groceries. Upon further looking around, we found several poison ant traps throughout the place, some on the bathroom floor, one on top of the refrigerator, some on window sills. There was no mention of pesticides or insect problems and my husband has health issues.
The couch is horribly liquid stained and very dirty.
The screens are ripped or missing throughout the house, allowing so many bugs to get inside.
The kitchen window has spiders and bug carcasses all over the glass and sill.
The floors were absolutely filthy everywhere.
By the time we got in and got showered and to bed, it was dark. The bed was horribly soft and uncomfortable and my husband and I kept rolling to the middle (we are not large people either).
The pillows were torn with old stained foam hanging out and had only one pillowcase with no mite or dust liners (gross). Each pillow seemed like it was about 20 years old - only about 2-3" tall while just laying on its own. When we woke in the morning (both of us with aching necks), we could better see the bed - which had hair in it that clearly wasn’t mine or my husband’s. Upon removing the sheets so we could go launder them (why should we have had to do that on our vacation?), we found no mattress pad and a very dirty and horribly urine & sweat stained mattress. This is absolutely unsanitary for people to sleep on with only a very thin sheet between their body and so much staining and body oils, fluids, etc., and could be avoided by using a simple $30 mattress pad that can be laundered between guests.
The bedding atop of the sheets was also stained and appeared unlaundered due to hair and smells.
The bathroom was also overrun by ants and they were constantly in our toiletries, towels, and toothbrushes. Even the toilet had ants crawling on and inside of it.
The shower had hair in it which I had to remove, and was unclean.
The shower curtain liner was covered in orange bacterial growth and mold - again, very unsanitary and unhealthy.
We had ONE washcloth and 4 bath towels (no beach towels at all) between 2 people, for what was supposed to be 3 nights.
We had no extra set of linens.
This home, which was claimed to have a remodeled kitchen (absolutely not the case and fully misrepresented) and full amenities, made us wonder if we were in the right place. There are reviews dating back several years and yet it does not appear that any of the income is being reinvested to keep the place up to date, or at least clean and properly functional. We were beyond disappointed and strongly considered leaving early for a hotel with a clean and comfortable bed. We found that by the end of the second evening, we had spent way too much time of our vacation, talking about how unkept, unsanitary, and severely outdated our rental was.
Be ready for aircraft noise if you are not used to it (my husband and I fly so that didn't bother us).
Public records show that this place was built in the 30s. There are definitely many parts of this apartment/home that are still original. It's in great proximity to the beach and could be a really fantastic little place, but it seriously needs to be completely gutted to the studs and redone.
Communication was good at first but then was non existent once I started voicing concerns.
I really wanted to love this place - we were so excited while driving in. Unfortunately we will not return and I would not recommend it to anyone.