I originally booked the cottage with Melissa weeks in advance. As we were arriving and I was calling to let her know she asked me to give her mom, Peggy, a call. I did that, and with my conversation with Peggy I realized she did not know anything about us. She asked me how many people we were and if we had any dogs, when all of that had already been discussed with Melissa. It made us feel a little bit uncomfortable, as we had been driving for three days with 4 dogs and did not want to have any last minute change of plans because there was a miscommunication on their part. However, when we arrived Peggy had left the cottage ready for us. It was as described, clean and tidy. Though we were two adults and 4 boxers, there was enough room for all of us to move around.
The cottage is very close to the ocean, and it was very convenient for walking the dogs on the beach (outside of Dog Beach, dogs can only be on the beach before 9am and after 6pm).
The cottage it is exposed to the sun pretty much all day, and it gets really hot. We just used the AC periodically to cool it off. There is a side locked patio with a doggie door, Our dogs had never seen one and had to learn how to use it! Funny!
With the intention of containing our dogs from using the entire common patio and possibly bothering other tenants, we initially blocked our part of the patio with the bikes. The owner of the next door cottage told us we could not do that (based on an owner's agreement we knew nothing about) so we opened the access immediately. For some reason it seems she may have not liked us, as during our last evening there we received a call from Peggy's husband to inform us that the same neighbor had just phoned him to accuse us of bending the hand rail in the ally while parking our truck. This was very unfortunate, because we did not. Therefore, obviously, she did not have any proof to we did before accusing us. She should not be making unsubstantiated accusations. Regardless, Peggy's husband was very nice when he called about it, and when he came over to check the railing, he purposely come to the cottage to apologize, as the railing was exactly as it had been in the past. He was a very nice and friendly person, and we enjoyed talking to him.
All and all we enjoyed staying at Peggy's cottage and we appreciate very much allowing us to stay with 4 sweet and friendly boxers! Thank you so much!