My family of 6 very much enjoyed our stay! The location could not be beat - walking distance to shops & food, right on the beach, and Newport is close to lots of fun adventures. Although we would stay there again, we noticed several things that could have made our stay better:
1. KITCHEN: It was hard to cook for 6 people with the pots/pans at the house. The largest frying pan fit 1 piece of bread. I brought groceries to make quesadillas and French Toast, which I had to make in a pot. Only a small baking dish, again, not big enough for 6 people. Rusty cookie sheet. Not sure why anyone needs 7 nutcrackers? Plenty of plates, bowls, & silverware but the cups were kinda strange (like metal goblets?)
2. SUPPLIES: We were only supplied one garbage bag for the kitchen, the paper towels were the 50 cent kind that are not worth using so I bought others, 2 rolls of toilet paper is not enough for 6 people for 4 days. For as much as we paid to stay there, these are pretty easy & cheap things for the owner to provide well.
3. SMELL: The house did have a musty smell that took a minute to get used to. They have some freshener things around to help but all of them needed to be replaced. Having a bottle of air freshener or frebreeze available for us to spray would be nice.
4. CLEANLINESS: The house was surface clean and not so gross that I wouldn't stay there but it needs a good deep cleaning, especially the kitchen. Vacuum around the edges, steam clean the front roomfurniture. One yucky chair just needs to go. The couch was questionable so we covered it with blankets (plenty of extras) before sitting on it, but it was comfy.
5. COMFORT: The futon is fabric on wood and should not be counted as a bed, we had to sleep one on the couch. There are lots of street lights outside that area so blinds or closable curtains would be nice. Blinds would also stop the glare on the TV, we had to hang a sheet to watch a movie. Too much clutter/personal items. Some usable stuff for guests is great but the desk in the bedroom was full like a junk drawer, there were unused decor items just piled in a corner.
6. DECOR: kinda strange, some beach themed like expected but so many random things that made you scratch your chin. An old framed photo of a baby and a large canvas of a donkey with a microphone, among others. Too many throw pillows that didn't look clean and were just in the way.
7. OTHER: My kids were driving RC cars at dusk and got egged in the beach parking lot