Summer will be the time to stay here at Diane's place. She is responsive, just leave her messages via Airbnb app or leave a VM on her cell.
Pros:
1. We could feel her hospitality from all the small details in the house.
2. The view out of the huge sun room is beautiful. We watched the stunning sunrise from the ocean right on the couch.
3. Plenty of cookware and seasoning to entertain a party of 22 when we were there. Plenty of sleeping, seating, and lounging space and games in the house.
4. There are beach passes included but since it is not summer time, we didn't get to use them.
5. Bedrooms, living room, and sun room are clean. Bedding and towels are clean and plentiful.
6. There are basic foods in the pantry (pancake mix, microwavable pop corns, K-cup coffees, etc) and condiment in the fridge (mustard, pancake syrup, ketchup, salad dressings, etc).
Cons:
1. Wire in one wall of the kitchen jumped, which disabled the oven, stove, and one electric outlet. Diane walked us through over the phone how to reset. Apparently this has happened before so beware.
2. We spent 4 evenings to put together this 750-piece puzzle, only to find that there are 2 pieces missing. I had let Diane know. Please check the condition of the games that you choose to play just to avoid frustration later.
3. Drier and washer are new and modern; however, the drier will keep making noise if drying is complete but door is unopened. This "phantom drier" had kept our guests in the downstairs bedrooms awake our first night there. Once the drying is complete, you must open the door and turn off the drier to avoid the once-in-a-while automatic reminder rings. I hope this instruction could be included in the guest book.
4. TV is difficult to turn on because the program/subscription needs updating so the instructions in the guest book doesn't work.
5. Master bedroom fireplace doesn't work, which perhaps was the biggest disappointment for us because we booked this house for the last week of Dec. We had picked this place from all the Airbnb listings in the nearby area partly because of the master bedroom fireplace.
6. Some lights don't work and I already let Diane know. It should be an easy fix.
7. Bathroom floors were not clean so I didn't mark "sparkly clean".