My roommate and I stayed here for 3 months from January-April.
Pros:
•This bungalow was recently renovated, so all the modern touches were nice. The light fixtures all had separate switches so you could adjust the brightness/dimness of each light. The ceiling fan was also like that as well so you could adjust the speed without standing on top of the bed and adjusting. Some of the outlets had a usb connector.
•The back porch area was amazing. It had a little cover over it so most of it was in the shade, but had a small area that was uncovered if you wanted some sun. Had a privacy fence up. It was good for at home workouts. There was also a chiminea, which we never got around to using but it would have been nice.
•The bungalow had all the utensils and supplies that we could have needed.
•Close to the highways and a good central location, so it was a quick 15 drive to get to the beach, downtown, etc.
•There is a washer/dryer in unit, which is always a selling point.
•The bungalow looks small from the outside, but definitely has enough room for 2 people to live comfortably.
Cons:
•The parking situation. The nice thing about this house is that there is a driveway, however my roommate and I both have SUVs. 2 small cars (or potentially 1 SUV and a small car) could most likely fit in the driveway without sticking out onto the sidewalk. We also work night shift so it was difficult to find parking coming home early in the morning. It also seemed like the people in the neighborhood had multiple cars, so they would intentionally take up extra room in the spaces to not allow other cars to fit, but move their cars once their families got home so they would all have parking-I know this has nothing to do with the AirBnb, just something to note.
•I’m still not sure what was up with this, but other people’s packages always got delivered in our personal yard, behind the gate where the garbage bins are stored. I think maybe there’s additional bungalows or something behind the one we stayed in, so for some reason they were always delivered to us, but random people were always in our yard collecting packages.
•The washer had a few quirks and seemed to have a mind of its own.
Although there were a few cons, I would still recommend Collette’s place if someone was looking for a short term rental in a central location!