We enjoyed our stay and think this apt in Arverne is lovely. The decor was delightful, the glade plug-ins provided aroma therapy, everything you need for the comfort of home was in place and it’s proximity to the beach/boardwalk, restaurants and supermarket made it a prime place to vacation for a week.
My feedback on what should be changed, addressed or just aware of:
The roller shades over the living room sliding glass door does not stay down without something to rig the roller from moving the shades back upwards once pulled towards the floor. I used a folded towel as a roller-stopper of sorts on the bar up top since I was sleeping in the living room pull out bed and would get the lights coming in from the street lamps at night. But if the roller had worked to keep the shades down, I wouldn’t have had to use a towel as a stopper.
Also, in the bathroom, the water drains so slowly in the bathtub that we felt it was problematic when showering because the tub would quickly fill up with water that otherwise should have drained quickly while showering. We ultimately figured it may be a plumbing issue so just kept showers short.
We were surprised that the cable didn’t include news and sports, but luckily we were able to use my personal HDMI cable to connect my laptop to the TV and watch things like ESPN (for US Open) and MS NBC, or whatever else was streaming. But it looked like the basic channels were there, which should be enough for most travelers. Just providing the alternative of connecting your laptop to TV if you don’t see what you want to watch on their Verizon account.
I think those were the main observations we had comments about aside from trying to figure out the air conditioning levels at night, and the power outage the day before leaving. The AC system is so complex/elaborate that we had the hardest time just trying to regulating the temp at night. We finally just turned it off (after much fidgeting trial and error) for the duration of the stay as it seemed pre-set to a temp that was too chilly for us the first two nights.
And lastly, the day before checking out the rains caused a blackout in the neighborhood. I’d been working for my job remotely that morning so the blackout forced me to leave the apt so that I could continue my work day elsewhere with power and WiFi. When we returned in the evening about 9p, all the power was back on in the apt except the one bedroom. We eventually left/checked out about 5am but the power never returned in the bedroom.
So while it was a very charming stay, it wasn’t without its hiccups, as you can imagine any place may have. The owner was very quick to text or call back when I had a question, but I ultimately didn’t send ongoing messages about everything.