Our experience at this Bethany Beach house was far less than ideal. It was not well maintained and cleaned, with stained carpets and dog hair throughout, items left behind from previous tenants on the floor and between couch cushions and a kitchen that needed a thorough scrubbing. The barbecue grill, located on the upper deck, felt like it was on the verge of falling apart. And basic household supplies that you would expect to be on hand — toilet paper, paper towels, garbage bags, laundry detergent, to name a few — were not to be found.
During our stay, which coincided with a period of high temperature, high humidity days, the air conditioning unit for the top floor — which held all the living spaces as well as the bedroom we were using — broke. It took two full hot and sweaty days for it to be repaired.
As for the house itself, which shows beautifully on the website, there was much to be desired. While the layout sounds nice — top floor living spaces for better views — it creates the need to lug all your kitchen and other supplies up two steep flights of steps. Also, while it’s true that the beach was right across a road from us, that road was DE 1, a high speed four lane highway with no traffic lights in sight. This proved a bit daunting to cross when wheeling our two toddler granddaughters. It also meant that we had to listen to truck and car traffic whizzing by as we attempted to get to sleep every night.
So my advice to prospective renters is to look elsewhere for your week on the beach. A vacation is too short to have it marred by the issues we encountered.