We are long time vacationers of Topsail Island, first time in North Topsail. Great weather and amazing views from this home. For the price we paid, I think it's fair to say that our expectations were not met.
Location: quiet beach immediately in front of house, but be aware, large public access with large public parking lot is approx 100 yds from home.
Pros: many linens and towels included
-well stocked kitchen
-clean and bright decorating
- amazing views and great walking beach (packed sand)
Cons: this "house" is really a "duplex" or townhouse unless you rent both sides
-Wi-fi is not secure, no password. We did not use it because of this.
-Chairs on decks are flimsy plastic and not comfortable.
-limited main room seating (1 couch, 2 arm chairs) considering the house sleeps 16
-The a/c kicks "off" if anyone leaves a door such as a heavy slider door "not quite snug" after 60 seconds.
-Owners produced very helpful "instructions" via email 2 separate times prior to arrival, but in order to obtain our "access code" the day of arrival, we still had to speak to the owner and listened to her repeat the entire 3 pages of information , again. I'm sure she was just trying to be helpful, but we were in the middle of driving to our vacation.
Homeowners had scheduled 2 handymen to work on exterior of home on our arrival day (during height of Covid-19). After a long drive to the house, we were greeted by two handymen not wearing masks (or shirts for that matter), coming in and out of home (bedroom access) numerous times for 2+ hours after we checked in. This meant extra cleaning and wiping down and fly swatting (by me) once they left... 2 hours into my vacation week. The owner had even requested that we allow the workers to return during the week to finish "non-emergent" repairs. Um, no. We received one half hearted apology from owners for this inconvenience, after the week was over.