Holden Beach's Hidden Treasure

The location of this house & the private pool were amazing. The kitchen was stocked with everything we needed, & the pool was an added bonus for when the beach wasn't cooperating. We arrived at the end of a tropical storm, so we weren't able to access the beach for 1.5 days due to the sand whipping, but the pool balanced it out! We didn't necessarily have any complaints, just some quirks that happened....1) The HVAC unit for this property wasn't large enough to cool the downstairs & upstairs. Wasn't a big issue for us because we were rarely inside, but it may be for others. The downstairs always remained cool. The coolest upstairs got was 72 at night while everyone was asleep. As soon as everyone was up & moving, the unit would become overwhelmed, resulting in 78 degrees upstairs (all doors & windows closed per instructions from property management). We opted to turn AC off during the day, & leave doors open for a breeze inside. We would turn it back on at bedtime.2) Pool cleaner showed up unannounced Wednesday morning at 8am. This kind of freaked us out because we thought it was a random person who wandered onto the property. At no point were we informed of someone coming to the house. While we appreciated the cleaning after the storm, guests need to be informed of this ahead of time!3) The listing photo shows a picnic table. The table isn't there anymore. Additional seating & a table on the upper deck would be an amazing addition!

The location was great, the property was nice other than a few oddities. The 2 bedrooms downstairs were nice, I thought it odd that there was a huge gap under the door to enter and there was a window in the door with no curtain or shade. Our 26 year old son stayed downstairs and didnt mind it though. You did have to go outside and upstairs and the ramp by the pool to enter main house or go through the garage and up the front steps. The waher and dryer were in the garage area so you had to go out and downstairs to do laundry, the washer didnt spin out completely so you had to do an additional drain and spin cycle. The main house was nice, the refrigerator is set back so that the doors dont fully open but there was an additional refrigerator in the garage which was nice. The internet left alot to be desired, the t.v.s in the bedrooms wouldnt connect at all and we used my sons xbox for the main t.v. and no t.v. at all in downstairs rooms. It was only really an issue when our 3 year old granddaughter needed a break or in the evenings as most of our days were spent at the beach or in the pool. The kitchen was nicely equipped except not a pair of tongs in the place! Middle of the day, no shade outside on decks and pool deck gets super hot. Noticed that nobody cleaned the pool the whole week we were there and maybe thats done on days people check in/out. Also we had 3 cars and barely had room to park all three cars. The picture in the listing was deceptive, looked bigger.

We managed to book our stay during hurricane Debby. Aside from the timing, we all enjoyed our stay and still managed to spend some time on the beach. The house is a bit older but has that cool beach vibe going on. We all agreed that we would stay there again. Talked with the host s a couple times and they are both good folks and friendly.

Our stay at the Hidden Treasures was nice. It was very nice to be right on the beach. The pool was great for the kids to play in. The house was on the older side. The AC unit had a hard time keeping up with the hot temperatures in the upstairs part of the house. The lower bedrooms stayed cool during the hot times of the day. At night the AC unit was able to finally keep up and cooled the house down. Overall it was a good experience.