Overall, it was an ok AirBnB. I don’t think the value quite matched what I paid for, but for the area it’s not bad I guess. I felt like there were some missing touches that would have made it a more comfortable place to stay.
Upsides:
- <5 minute walk to the ocean, nearby Grocery Outlet and a few restaurants!
- Extra supplies in the closet! Beach chair, box fan (which is needed as background noise to sleep)
- Neighborhood is fun to walk around in with its unique houses!
Some relatively small downsides:
- I realize kids live upstairs and am perfectly fine with noise above me, but it’s like they were running a literal marathon up there on the hardwood around 6-7pm. They weren’t just normal footsteps, it was loud running around for 5-10 long minutes at a time sporadically throughout the evening. At one point I heard the other AirBnB unit yell HEYYY!!! and bang on their ceiling with something, lol. So just a warning that it can be pretty loud and repetitive, but it definitely didn’t ruin my time at all. When the quiet hour began at 10pm, it was calm.
- The bed was pretty creaky and was missing a wooden slat underneath the mattress around the head area, so my head kind of sunk down a bit. May not even be noticeable for some. The pillows provided were pretty soft and flat.
- The outdoor fire pit worked great and was super relaxing! It was one of the main reasons I chose this AirBnB. However, the seat cushions were placed underneath the woven seats directly on the ground, so they were soaking wet and I didn’t use them. Also, and this obviously isn’t the host’s fault, but three raccoons showed up in the backyard while I was enjoying the fire pit at night, so that abruptly cut the relaxation short to go back inside.
- There also were three admittedly pretty minor details that I noticed upon entering:
- One, there weren’t any coffee grounds to use as the container of unlabeled coffee was empty. Had to go to the store and buy my own, which isn’t a big deal but I mean even cheap motels have coffee grounds.
- Two, there was this near empty squirt bottle of... Mayonnaise? I think? Just... chillin in the cabinet next to boxes of tea. Unrefrigerated. It looked green on the inside.
- Three, 2 out of the 3 candles in the studio were burnt down to the bottom and couldn’t be lit. There was also only one match left in the pack.