Positives: away from boardwalk noise, but can still walk there, the view, private beach, comfortable, nice kitchen, owner responded quickly when cable/wifi went out, got to sit in a backhoe.
To echo the previous review, what they said is true. The house had no back deck, and the city was rebuilding the dunes all week. The deck fell prey to a winter storm, so plenty of time to update photos. Think construction vehicles 20 ft away from you going back and forth every 10 to 15 minutes from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. all week long. That isn't the owner's fault and said she didn't know that was happening but the neighbor said it had been going on since the week before so 🤷♀️ They did work ON the property for hours dumping sand & spreading it. That was about 10 ft away from us. They came back the next day to do more.
20 minutes in: The parking situation was not as expected. When I first arrived, I parked in a sand lot in front of the house. A few minutes later a kind neighbor from next knocked on the door saying that I needed to move my car because I was in someone else's spot and she was flipping her whole wig over it. I went outside to move my car and apologize, only to be confronted with a crazy drunk woman screaming obscenities at me. The neighbors let me park in front of their driveway to unload. I struggled up the walkway with my all my stuff to find the woman was waiting for me so she could continue to yell at me. I found a spot on the street topark.
The guest binder had conflicting information on where to park. One page said you could park across the street in the parking lot, another page said that we had parking in a parking lot for four cars down the street. But, it was sooo down the street that it was pretty useless, and there was a random car parked there the whole time.
They also wanted us to allow showings while we were there, to which I said no, twice. The third time the owner said she would refund part of my stay so I agreed. I only got half and am working with my cc company to get the rest.
We made the best of it and still had a good time but there was just too much drama and not enough peace. I never fully relaxed which was my sole purpose in renting a house on the beach. The owners are selling and I think they're just over it. Understandable, but then don't rent it out, or at least charge less for the many inconveniences that you know will be had. Also the bathroom, not as great you'd expect. Very pretty but not well maintained.