6/10 Okay
Andy R.
26 June 2022
Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Week at the beach - June 2022
Our group has stayed in various properties along 30A for the last 12 years (one week every summer). This certainly wasn't our favorite house, but we always have a great time and this year was no exception.
Pros: not a bad walk to the beach. Large, private pool with lots of seating and shade. Enough parking for our three cars. Large decks with great furniture. Gas grill (that actually worked!) and even had an extra tank of propane. Updated bathrooms throughout. Updated kitchen appliances, cabinets and countertops. Two refrigerators/freezers. Two laundry areas. Bikes. A garage to put your beach stuff in overnight. Wonderful, quiet, peaceful neighborhood - we saw three deer one evening!
Cons: Bugs (bugs in the downstairs area every day. Roaches on the main floor - one of which attempted to crawl on my wife's foot as she was drying her hair - that was fun). Cleanliness of the property could be better - cobwebs in areas that clearly haven't been touched in awhile. While the pool is great, the landscaping needs attention. It's hard to carry a plate of food from the grille through a jungle of palms and branches. While the kitchen was updated, how well it was stocked is another issue. There were no potholders, no potato peeler, or glass bakeware. The paint was peeling on the mixing bowls. There were two medium-sized skillets and third skillet that had no handle (you read that correctly). Try cooking a meal for 9 people with those dishes. A $200 trip to Walmart to get appropriate kitchenware for a house that sleeps 17 is needed.... The washing machine on the main level didn't work. 360 Blue was very responsive and said they'd get someone to fix it, but they never came. The ice maker doesn't work. The bottom dishwasher rack didn't have two wheels - that was fixed Thursday. Many stains on carpet, couch covers, etc. The central air on the bottom floor worked great. The central air on the main level struggled to maintain 75 degrees starting after lunch - it cooled down over the night. Two of the bedrooms on the main level were over 80 degrees and to the point of not being able to sleep comfortably (360 Blue was very responsive and offered to bring us fans, but this doesn't help the fact that the A/C isn't sized correctly for the main level). Try cooking a meal in the kitchen while it's 79 degrees.
Is it worth the advertised price for a week in June? No, but we would certainly stay in this neighborhood again - just not this house.
Andy R.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022
