Yellow Beach House w private beach

The property owner was quick to communicate and accessible. This location on the sound was perfect for kids. The house needs maintaining and updating. I had to resist the desire to do a deep cleaning. The queen bed and bunk bed mattresses were super uncomfortable. Even upon arrival, the house just never felt clean. The water in the showers was super hard to adjust, as the water was scalding or freezing with no in between. The faucet valves on the hardware seemed to be broken. The trashcan needed larger than normal trash bags, so we were unprepared for that. Overall, for the price, the location was fabulous and we loved the private beach and dock access, but the property itself is mediocre at best.

The house had everything we needed from bikes to kayaks and is located directly on the bayside beach. It’s the perfect location for kiddos to play on the beach without the big ocean waves. The host is very responsive if anything comes up that needs attention. We will definitely be back.

This was such a great house! We loved our time here. Easy to be there and we felt right at home. It was clean and well equipped. Overall excellent experience. 1 thingto improve. The faucet on the shower in the master bath needs to be replaced. It was burning hot or ice cold. No in between. We stayed 5 days and never could get it figured out beyond extreme hot or ice cold.

Lots of positives....some significant negatives to the property. PROS: location (nice and relaxing area), private beach (this is actually the best part of this property), house layout (private master is nice). CONS: Two words describe this property. Deferred Maintenance. This house was filthy when we checked in. We spent the first evening of our vacation cleaning (4+ hours overall). Even for a beach house, there was sand everywhere (floors, rugs, carpets, beds). We purchased our own cleaning supplies since they are not provided. The owner did offer to have the cleaning company back the next morning but we did not really want a stranger in the house with all of our belongings (especially after we complained about the job they did). Lots of things in this house are "tired". Air vents are rusting or so dirty they can't rust. Window sills look like a bug cemetery. Hand rails on the deck are covered in mildew/mold. Floor of outdoor shower makes you feel dirtier than before you used it. Here is the list of what was "broken"...nice double rocker that would be awesome to use if not for the large screws sticking out of it. Hammock was ripped so it could not be used. Grills were both filled with old wet ashes (even though the listing says to empty them). Fancy beach wagon was broken and moldy (owner did order a new one that arrived Thursday afternoon and it looks nice although we didn't get to use it). The garage is a nice storage area for items you can use and lots of items previous renters left because they were were broken, didn't work, or they just didn't want. Good luck finding the useful items. The most concerning item on the maintenance checklist is an extreme soft spot on the wood decking. It is easily large enough and soft enough for an adult to stick their leg through. This absolutely needs fixed. It's not safe at all. The owner was very apologetic about the condition of the property but it's not likely any of these items will be addressed. I certainly understand that the goal is to generate as much income as possible. It seems to me that for what folks are paying per day to stay here that the least they could expect is a clean, safe, welcoming property. What we got was a spilled bag of Cheetos under the couch, enough sand all over the house to build our own indoor sand castle, and an unsafe deck. The good news for the next renter is that we left this property in much better condition than when we checked in.