We loved the location of this home directly across the street from the beach. It is a lovely little home that fit our family comfortably.
However, there were a few cons...
First of all the house stinks. I had to go through, open up windows and use Febreze to get rid of the mildew, rotten old house smell. It was almost as if it was mopped with dirty dog bath water.
There is a LOT of busy colors and nick nacks EVERYWHERE so that was a little distracting. Every single room is painted almost neon colors. Not soothing & relaxing like you want in a beach vacation home. Also, brand new countertops were installed in the kitchen and bathrooms which are GORGEOUS! However, opening the cabinets to 25-year-old stinky plywood was rather gross. The inside of cabinets desperately needs a coact of paint to bring it up to date!
Finally, the management Co. was very helpful and quick to respond. It is weird that you have to stop at an office to pick up keys. Having to 1. keep up with keys, lock, unlock, etc is a pain. The door locked us out once (because there is an old school lock on the knob) and my son had to scale the deck and let us in. (Thank God we had left the deck door unlocked!) We own several properties in Seaside and Costa Rica and the easiest way for customers to enter is with a digital keyless keypad. This ensures no accidental lockouts and can arrive anytime!
All in all the location was amazing and house was cute.