Thirteen steps will take you up from ground level to the first floor where there are three bedrooms, a small kitchenette, laundry room and a den of sorts. Seventeen more steps will take you to the second floor where there are two bedrooms and a living room, dining room-kitchen combination. Seventeen more steps go up to the master suite, second laundry room and movie theater. I think folks should be made aware of the great number of steps in the house before renting since there are some who would not be able to manage them. The elevator would be a necessity for many.
Overall the house is beautiful, the ceilings are lofty, the beds comfortable and the seaside nautical appointments are a nice touch. The exceptionally large sectional sofa accommodates a host of people but is extremely uncomfortable as the back is straight and the seats are deep making it difficult to sit without slouching.
The kitchen was lacking some basic items like a whisk (I donated one) and kitchen scissors. There was only one dish towel. The knives, although many in number were all quite dull. The three full-size refrigerators were helpful since we stayed the week of Thanksgiving. Some kind of notice needs to be made about the pretty plastic dishes which is a smart choice but NOT microwaveable.
There was some kind of black dust all throughout the house on the floors and baseboards. The soles of our feet and bottoms of our socks were blackened from walking around the house without shoes. I personally swept up wads of curly-black hair out from under the second-floor sofa and hallway. Our kids found “treasures” like dried-up fruit, game cards, and puzzle pieces under the sofa as well so housekeeping might need to be improved on. The large, central eye on the stove didn’t want to operate without having to be fiddled with.
The concrete blocks at the bottom of the stairs going down to the beach were wonky, sometimes difficult to navigate around and need to be made more secure. They could be hazardous and a liability.
We were promised a heated pool for the week but had to call daily to have someone come turn it on. The last two days of our stay the pool remained cold even though promises were made and assurances given that a “pool specialist” was on the way to service it.
On the whole lots of great memories were made, we enjoyed our stay. We’re all sorry our time is up and the week is over.