“The Fishbowl” - The Perfect Surf City Intimate Beach Cottage!

This cozy beach house was perfect for our family of 5. It is a five-minute walk to the beach, and we would stay here again.

The house is very convenient to a public beach access. A/C kept the house very cool and each room has a ceiling fan for comfort. Enough space for a family of four to be comfortable. It's an easy walk to center of Surf City for shops, restaurants and boardwalk. We appreciated that the house is pet friendly so we could bring being our dog with us.

The house was so cozy, neat, and the kids loved it! It was perfect being so close to the beach, and the owners were very easy to contact and helpful.

We checked in at 5:30p.m. for a week long stay and after going out to dinner, we returned to find that one of bedrooms had no working lights, bulb out? Idk. But that would pale to the cleanliness issues. The couches are some old dorm room rejects that my dog and child wouldn’t sit on. The owner responded quickly. However, after I sent pics of the problem areas, i.e. sticky and dirty interior door to name one, scheduling the cleaners became an issue of when it suited the owner. I declined cleaning as I didn’t want to spend more than a day on this issue and I would just diy it(no vacancies elsewhere ). In short, I returned to the rental after a quick errand and the cleaners were inside without my permission. Per the owner, there is no one nearby to help remedy issues like replacing the bulb and there were no step stools or safe way to change the lightbulb myself. Toilet has issues. Location is great the floor plan of this house is also great. Sadly this could have been a great rental but I didn't get a vacation from cleaning or plumbing. PDF for occupant guidelines were incorrect and dated,( wrong day for trash pickup so the smell from the outdoor [full] trash bin for pick up would hit us in the face every time when entered the front door. Had to ask the neighbor for trash day info. We left a day early.