The default text in this box reads "tell us what you loved". To be blunt, not a lot. This listing felt a little misleading. The trip started off with me receiving a voicemail from Vacasa while I'm driving to the coast on the day of check in and informed me that the sliding door to the back deck was broken and we couldn't use it. We were instead instructed to go out the front door and walk around the house to get to the back deck. I spent a large sum of money per night to have a large deck on the beach, not to walk a treacherous, dark rocky path around the house if I wanted to use the grill, back patio or hot-tub. The porch on the ocean was my number one reason for booking this home and this was such a let-down, not to mention embarrassing for the friends we invited to stay with us. The path around the house was not well maintained and not easy to traverse especially in the darker hours of the day (it's March in Oregon). Moving onto the rest of the house, it was very run-down. The bedding was fine but the kitchen, fixtures, television, and other amenities were severely our of date or just broken (ice maker, garbage disposal). The outside of the house felt damaged as well since I had to walk around it every time I wanted to visit the back porch, I noticed a massive section below the deck pushed back into the foundation. Also, under the rug in front of the broken slider door the tile was cracked and if you stepped onto the rug to admire the ocean views your foot would sink in a couple inches. After pulled back the rug to investigate it was clear there was serious damage.
This home is in need of repairs and updating, at the least to make it livable. The premium price for location should not come at the cost of the condition of the dwelling itself. Lastly, we were excited to use the hot-tub- granted it's not fun to run around the house to get there in the chilly air but we wanted to enjoy it. The buttons on the tub didn't all work, and the water level was very low meaning the jets were spraying above the water which seemed odd. When we got the lights working we took one look at the water and immediately got out of the hot-tub and showered, the water was disgusting. This was supposed to be a luxurious villa at the beach and I feel like we were Tom Hanks in the Money Pit. I want my money back.