Dip Net: 4 BR, 3.5 BA House in Crystal Beach, Sleeps 14

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Everything was nice clean and in order. The house was perfect for our guests.

Overall the property was great. There was several maintenance issues that was needed (rusted chains on swings, loss and/or rotted board on the deck/stairs, mold in master shower, doors difficult to open/close, etc. The view was great and the distance to the beach was incredible. It would be nice to have a fire pit but the distance to the beach wasn't too bad for doing a campfire there. It would also be nice to have a bridge to walk to the beach (the one that is there is private property). The only negative on check in was the need for directions, not just the address and instructions for the door since it was awkward for opening/closing. There is a lift there which would be WONDERFUL for loading/unloaded but it isn't available for use. This could have been communicated too so we didn't get our hope up. LOL. Overall, I would go again!!

The house itself was very nice, and the view was great. We were very happy with these aspects of the trip. However, there was quite a bit of trash both inside the house and outside in the grass / sink left from the guests before us that we felt obligated to clean up to avoid being "blamed" for it ourselves. It wasn't anything super gross, but we found several beaded necklaces, bracelets, bottles of water, and adult beverage cans that were left behind. In addition to this, the downstairs shower is extremely slippery and has no bath mat. On the day we arrived, I slipped when stepping into the shower and had to go to the emergency room in Winnie. I informed the property manager's office of this issue when I returned the keys.

Rating Details: The property manager was more than helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was somewhat unhappy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We reserved Happily Ever After. 3 hrs into a 4 hrs drive to OUR beach destination, Swede's called to say due to an "unfortunate accident" resulting in damage at Happily Ever After, we were being relocated to Dip Net, assured me we would be pleasantly surprised, it was a free upgrade with an extra bedroom/bathroom. I asked if the location to the beach was comparable to our original rental, she hesitantly said, "just about the same", and then asked if we brought our golf cart.... no mam, there shouldn't have been a need. Our original house was selected on LOCATION first, bed arrangement next. It was literally on the sand, the corner of the beach & access road, no grass between. Dip Net was a very nice house in a good location, but it did not meet our needs and location DID NOT compare to Happily Ever After. We were a party of 6, most aged mid 60 range, with ailments (bad knees, shoulder surgery, ankle surgery, crippling arthritis, & degenerative discs) which made walking/carrying beach equipment long distances very inconvenient and painful. (LOCATION was #1 on our priority list) The extra bedroom/bathroom was an UPSTAIRS BUNK ROOM with attached bath. Needless to say, it wasn't useful to our party. There was no beach access, had to walk down the street, up the beach access road, & back down the beach to be in front of our house. We tried to use the walk over next door (the house was unoccupied), but there were security cameras and a recording informing we were under surveillance, no trespassing, only guests of said neighboring house were authorized to use it. We looked into renting a golf cart but opted no since it was hundreds of dollars a day. We were just a few houses away from our original rental, drove past twice a day, no obvious damage, must've been inside. It's twin house Once Upon A Time was right next door and unoccupied during our stay. THAT would have been a comparable relocation spot. We made the best of things but were disappointed.