Overall, we liked the house quite well. That said, we were frustrated by the cleanliness of the house at check-in. We understand the difficulties of cleaning beach houses on the transition day, but the inside cleaning of our house was unsatisfactory. Additionally, outside areas of the house (windows, pool and exterior furniture, outside shower stall) were very dirty and looked like they had not been cleaned yet this season. My family spent the first hour of our vacation cleaning. We promptly reported this to the property managers and to their credit, they took appropriate action to compensate us for the inconvenience.
Here are a few other thoughts:
- Bring plenty of soap and toilet paper (TP). The “arrival” bag at check-in contains one roll of TP and three “hotel” soap bars.
- While the house is advertised to sleep 15, we would not recommend more than 13 unless there were several small children. The fold-out sofa bed in the recreation room is awful for anyone over the age of two to sleep on.
- The grill is a serviceable, but rather small and rickety iron structure that is only suitable for small families otherwise you must cook the food in batches.
- Having never stayed in Corolla before, we were unsure what to expect with this coastal rental. Due to the topography of the island, most of the homes had no view of the water. Therefore, a morning cup of coffee on our second-floor balcony was a visually boring view of adjacent homes.