What a gorgeous property! The home feels mostly private and what a fabulous view of the ocean and coast! Excellent central location with easy access everywhere. WiFi is fast and reliable. We were able to work as well as stream movies on our devices. We loved sitting on the hammock and enjoying the amazing weather.
We loved that the garage is stocked with some beach chairs, coolers, and floats! We simply loved having a garage and the beach items were such a benefit!! Note that even though it is a 2 car garage, only one spot is usable as the owners had a car parked inside the garage. We absolutely LOVED the outdoor shower off the 2nd bedroom and the outdoor tub off the primary bedroom.
We felt that the kitchen/living area is a lot smaller than it appears in photos. I’m a realtor and my husband is a real estate photographer so we know that it can be difficult to understand scale of spaces in photos, but this one got us! Still nice though! We believe the backyard photo that shows the view was photoshopped to remove the fact that there is an area of active construction next to the property (the photo also doesn’t show the small stone retaining wall that overlooks the construction, which also makes it appear that the photo is modified.)
We also didn’t love that the pool maintenance people came into the backyard one day without notice, so maybe a heads up to guests about that happening on a specific day would be appreciated for privacy reasons. The sprinklers also activated on us two separate days when we were in the backyard.
The house does need some love. Living room chairs and couch are older and a bit dirty. We had the 2nd bedroom toilet tank overflow (so thankfully it was clean water) in one of the toilets because the mechanics inside wasn’t working properly and the tank water kept running. We shut off the water valve to the toilet during our stay to avoid further overflowing, so we had only one toilet during our stay.
There is also a living room window that doesn’t shut at all (which we also saw in someone else’s past review.) This is a little concerning from a security standpoint, but also made it hard to cool the house even with the AC running nonstop (in November.) This is the same thing a past review from several months ago said so it’s a bummer it hasn’t been fixed.
Aside from those issues, the property manager was quick to text us back when we couldn’t find the toaster or couldn’t figure out how to get hot water in the outside tub.
The beds are kind of make-shift so we were struggling with the mattress and topper falling off the bed and pillows siding down to the floor between the wall and mattress (no headboards or anything.) Just small things like that in the house made us laugh a bit for a home that is top dollar.
Overall, we would definitely recommend this home for 1 or 2 couples. We wouldn’t recommend more than 2 couples here at a time. It was only my me and my spouse here and I don’t think we would have been comfortable sharing the house with anyone else because it is kind of tight. You choose this home for the outdoor space and the beautiful view and location! I think the location is so perfect and centrally located so you can spend time north as well as south so easily. I would most certainly stay here again as it was truly so peaceful and beautiful and none of the issues prevented us from having a great vacation. Thank you for allowing us to stay!