Pros: Great location, beds very comfortable, good linens. Nice view. Great to have parking garage although it is not attached. The management company is very responsive and excellent. Very impressed with that company. They even left wine, cheese and crackers. Nice touch! Also, they had robes available for all guests to use which was nice. The view from the upstairs is fabulous. You can see the ocean and it is truly spectacular.
Cons: There was a very strong gas smell when I entered the kitchen. I called the management company and they immediately sent a repairman who checked the pilots and said everything looked ok. He left and I read the house rules book where it said that the pilot light periodically goes out and we it should be relit as needed. Truthfully, the entire stove needs to be replaced because although it is a Wolfe oven, it must be at least 20 years old. The dishwasher is old as well. The refrigerator is new.
The rest of the kitchen is dated and needs renovation as do the bathrooms. The bathrooms were large but grimy.
The layout is not ideal. You walk in on first floor where there are 2 large bedrooms with nice walk in closets, a bathroom and a laundry room. The master bedroom, the kitchen and living room are upstairs. This makes it very difficult if you have young children. Not ideal at all because either the kids are downstairs and you are upstairs or vice versa.
Finally, we noticed a lot of screeching from seagulls at this property from the very first day. I thought it was odd when I started hearing the birds screeching at 4 am towards the end of our stay. That day, we were sitting in the living room and heard very loud screeching which appeared to be coming from the chimney. I looked at the fireplace and saw bird poop on the logs and realized the bird was in the chimney. I called the management company and they tried to get someone there but it was a weekend and they said they couldn’t find anyone. So we had to listen to that bird all that day as well as that night. I didn’t sleep for 2 days. I was very happy to check out.
The management company did refund me for part of my stay but quite frankly, I would have preferred a quieter (and cleaner) rental. Personally, I did not think this was worth the money and wished I had stayed at a hotel instead. At that price point, it would have been better!