At $179 per night, this place was simply not worth the money. (There are a number of lovely equally priced places. We went around to compare once we were there.) The Appleyard is neither a B&B nor an efficiency apartment but features the inconvenience of both. You must enter the accommodation through the side door and the owner's house is 'blocked off' with folding screens. We stayed in the room with 2 beds. The room was tiny and cared for poorly. Paint reeled from the ceiling, the curtain rods were loose and fell off, the carpet was tired, etc. The bathroom only has a shower (not for small children). After a full 8 days stay at the Appleyard, the cleaning staff only came (at completely unpredicatable hours) to change towels and not vacuum or change our sandy sheets (inevitable). The owners of the house smoke and at 6am the lovely aroma seeps into the room. They also have their own life, which included a very late night noisy dinner party. Block Island Reservations was unhelpful in resolving any problems and the manager on duty (I’m not sure what this means) seemed annoyed when I provided feedback (this was done as an FYI and I was very diplomatic about it). I didn’t even get the placating "I’m sorry", rather I received ‘uh huh, o.k.’ as a response.

Block Island is a lovely place, please dont ruin a good vacation by staying here.