We are normally the type of people who go with the flow and wouldn't complain, but after spending well over a grand for a beach cottage, we had certain expectations. On the plus side, the location was very nice and the staff was very nice. However, upon entering our cottage the first thing we noticed was that a plastic dollarstore tablecloth had been pinned over the front door window instead of a miniblind or curtain, very tacky. The bedroom wall was partially painted and had never beed finished. The beds were very hard, old, and creaky. The water pressure was terrible, barely a trickle. If someone turned on water somewhere else in the house when you were in the shower you got scalded. The A/C didn't work well ~ the livingroom area didn't have a vent in it so in the evenings it was often 80 degrees in there (verified by the thermostat). We had to keep the blinds closed to keep the direct sun out instead of enjoying the view. The dining table was old and rickety. It was so unlevel that when we ate someone had to put their foot under the leg, or find something to put under it so it wouldn't rock back and forth. The kitchen was supposed to have been fully equipped but the second night there we were getting ready to bake pizzas for supper and there were no baking dishes or oven safe dishes whatsoever so we had to run out and buy our own before we could finish supper. The dishwasher required two people to load, one to hold the dishwasher in its hole under the counter (it was never mounted) and one to load it. The dishes were mismatched, chipped, and not plentiful. We were expected to remove our own trash and clean up, which I didn't mind, but the broom had been left on the deck and was rusted badly, coming apart, and had plastic bristles only 2 inches long and the dustpan was broken ~ so we had to buy a broom and dustpan to clean up. Be sure and bring linens, towels, dishtowels, dishrags, oven mits, dishwasher detergent, handsoap, and trashbags. Our last morning there we were greeted by the sight of a fellow who had passed out underneath the cottage beside us from a night of partying. He stood up, looked around, and proceeded to hold onto the nearby post, staggering, while he relieved himself.
It was a convenient location but we won't be back.