Stayed: July of 2017.

Pros: The house is centrally located, pretty much on a private beach, has wonderful views, steps to the beach, 100 yards to the right is a wonderful private cove, & the beds/furniture are comfy. Came with snorkel gear, boogy boards, and sand toys. Lots of good portable fans for the heat.

Past Reviews: The third bedroom is not small at all. I really don’t know what that other review was talking about. The house does not seem to be “in a state of disrepair” either. It is clearly an older house. We mostly hung on the main deck looking out at sea turtles in the waves. Screws still stick out on deck – we just avoided them or put a chair over them. The deck had nice updated patio furniture. Fridge, lights, ice maker, faucets all worked fine. Beach in front of house is hard to swim, as the reef is super sharp. There is a breathtaking cove and place to swim about 100 yards to the right. Screens on most windows, blinds on windows facing the street only, bed covers were fine. Again – it’s an older house so yes the shower fixtures aren’t amazing but they worked fine. The traffic is super noisy but didn’t bother us too much - we closed all the street windows at night and the sound of the waves drowned it out. Yes - watch out for ants in kitchen. The spices/oils that were left were covered in them when we arrived.

Cons: Please, please - fire your house cleaner. The house may be older but it is in desperate need of a deep clean. You just feel gross walking barefoot around in it (black feet). We understand that there is salt and moisture in the air but we were able to visit two houses next door and let me tell you – it shows that those owners take pride in their house. While the salt air may corrode the sliding doors – a deep clean might help them. Reviews are still true in that the sliding screen doors are terrible. The tracks are disgusting and full of thick dust. The fan in the smallest bedroom was unusable due to chunks of thick dust falling off once turned on. Bed skirts and under the beds/furniture is caked with thick dust again, hair in sinks, termites in wood ship. Maid seems to do bare minimum.

Christmas decorations still left up – makes me think that the owners haven’t been there in awhile.

Would be nice if there was a welcome binder or something that told us where the wifi network and password was…it is written on the router behind the TV. There were no tissues or paper towels - not a requirement but just an FYI.