The good things first: When entering the building and walking upstairs in the common area, one feels immediately at home in this cute little beach house which is conveniently located half a mile away from the Roger Wheeler State park. If you can manage to overlook the below, you will have a great time here.
What we did not like:
- A contract that supersedes previously agreed-on items, in particular the cancellation policy.
- To have to pick up the keys by 5pm. And to have to leave at 10am already.
- To find someone else's underwear and bathing suits in the washer - and in the leather couch. Yuck.
- To be woken by gutter cleaners at 7:30am who put a ladder at the house and climb up on the roof (and yes, they totally could look through the windows).
- To have a de-humidifier running in the downstairs - the two bedrooms and bathroom in this space are dark and uninviting as it is, even without the constant noise and warm air coming from that machine.
- Some smaller issues that could be easily fixed with a little more love for this cute little house: Like putting a toaster into the kitchen. Like securing the sharp corners of the countertops. Like putting smoke detectors under the ceilings. And like fixing the dimmer for the main light fixture in the living room (the light is uncomfortably bright and cold white).
- To be greeted with a whole book of instructions, such as "We expect you to tidy up after yourselves." After already charging a $175 cleaning fee for 1900 sq ft house in Rhode Island.
Overall, it is a mixed bag. The location is wonderful, and the furnishings and decorations upstairs are really nice. The downstairs will make whoever needs to sleep there like the pulled the short stick. With a little more effort to make guests more welcome, this could be a real gem, though.