18 Inn the Pines

Stayed here with some buddies on our golf trip and had a great time. House was clean / well maintained and a short drive from the courses. Very quiet at night and was a great base camp our trip. Would return

House was clean, close to everything communication was easy. Would recommend

Great getting together and playing golf.Socializing and reminiscing.

I hesitated to write this; however, the huge roaches that greeted us when we arrived changed my mind. When reported to the owner, he basically said "when it's wet outside it's to be expected". One plus is the beds are awesome - unfortunately, the house could use some updating and TLC. Not very homey or inviting. Outdated bathrooms, bare walls, etc. The kitchen especially was bare bones - a lot of essentials not provided. The paint on the cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms are chipping, paint in the master shower peeling. It looked like the paint on the trim throughout the house had been redone in a nice white semi-gloss and all the doors were left kind of a dingy flat white. It just looked to me like they did the bare minimum. The thing that irked me the most was the list of chores for a renter to perform after being charged a HEFTY cleaning fee. On the last day the owner emailed me and told me to be sure to check out the move-out requirements. We were told to run the dishwasher, strip all the beds (but not the mattress pads - which I thought was gross), throw the sheets and towels downstairs into the laundry room and take all the trash out. I haven't had this happen at another VRBO. Had the cleaning fee not been so high - I would have had no issue helping out. One thing to mention is that there was popcorn on the couch when we got there and black grunge along the rim of the hall toilet. It didn't look like it had been cleaned too well prior to us arriving. The two roaches we saw in the basement "bedroom" (which was essentially an alcove with a curtain) were the icing on the cake. After that - no one wanted to sleep in the basement so they used the couch upstairs instead. Anyway - as a renter, I have gotten 5-star reviews on each VRBO because we really take care when renting. Compared to other rentals we've had in Pinehurst, this one was very bare bones. I didn't like the cleaning (move-in and move-out) and the 2-inch roaches really put us off. Would not stay here again.