Overall, this is a great property to stay with a large family. It's large and with 11 of us, we never felt crowded. Good size kitchen, dining area was great. First things first, how to run the hot tub:
1. Note: the hot tub and pool will be the same temperature when you first arrive. The pool is warm for a pool! The hot tub is luke warm for a hot tub!
2. Push the "Jets" button and wait 20-30 seconds.
3. The jets take that 20-30 secs to start but when they do, the temperature begins to rise as well.
4. The hot tub will run for at least 1 hour and the whole time it warms up and will be very hot by the end.
Secondly, the house is missing a few items to make it comfortable and not have to buy much when you are there. Missing items:
1. Instructions for anything! There were no check in instructions, check out, no hot tub, no tv, no pieces of literature. NOTHING.
2. These kitchen items: dish towels/washcloths, condiments, spices(even basic salt and pepper), cookie trays, sharp knives, trash bags.
3. Blankets - for bedrooms where some like the AC on, it may be too cold for others and there was nothing to warm up.
4. Beach towels
Just come prepared. I understand the food items not being there but it's just handy to have basic salt and pepper.
Our pool turned green on Wednesday and we called immediately but it took 3 more calls and 24 hours before the pool guys came to fix the pool. Within 1 hour we were back up and running and clean.
Showers never ran out of hot water, beds were super comfortable, AC worked very well, TV had all the apps you could want on it, lots of puzzles, not as many games stocked. House had some fun beach toys and chairs available. Washer and dryer didn't work as well as some but got the job done. Doors were sticky, some harder than others to close or open.
Unfortunately the trees and plants were dead from the big freeze this year so the backyard looked a little sad but didn't keep us from having a good time.
Overall, great property that gave us what we needed. It really is a 2-5 min walk to beach. It's right there! And super close to the main street. You're within walking distance of several main places. We enjoyed our time.