Rating Details:
The property manager was adequately helpful.
The vacation rental was very dirty.
I was very happy with the location.
I was somewhat dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental.
Overall, I recommend this vacation rental.
Reviewer Comments:
This was our second week-long visit to this property, after previously visiting in Fall, 2018. It's almost a new tradition. The location is hard to beat, with direct beach access. There is plenty of space for our family of four + nanny. Our young kids love hopping right out on the sand, as well as having a private plunge pool to use anytime. The beach environment is hard on a home, and it's showing here. The deck wood had been refurbished some since our last visit, but lower your expectations for finish quality. If you're a builder or have any experience with real luxury homes, this is "hurricane-insured big-and-cheap construction in a luxury costume, built purely for rental income." That sounds pretty critical, but it's true, and it actually serves that purpose pretty well. (Watch your head pulling in - even a regular full-size SUV won't clear the super-low garage.) Due to some post-surgical limitations, I was disappointed to find that the elevator was broken, and the management company's response was essentially, "well, we don't advertise that the house has one." My biggest complaint this trip was the property's lack of cleanliness. We were one of the first groups allowed to vacation in Florida after the COVID-19 rental ban. On arrival, I can only describe the house as unacceptably dirty. We spent our first hour or three disinfecting and sanitizing things. Paranoid, you say? No! Perhaps it was being greeted by a used facemask, left dangling from the outside pool shower head. Maybe it was the not-quite-empty liquor bottles left in the kitchen cabinets. Maybe it was the pair of old flip-flops left under a chair in the living room. Or enough crumbs in couch cushions to feed a starving nation. While the dishes and silverware were reasonably clean, I've camped with Neanderthals that kept cleaner pots and pans. We had a great family time. But for $2k+/night, you shouldn't have these issues. We'll be back to the area, but may conside