The view from this house as well as the pool are definitely the selling points.
This house has so much potential but in our opinion, needs to be updated.
The appliances, the mattresses, the bed linens, bath and kitchen linens, and the living room couch all need replacing. The couch cushion has collapsed from wear and cannot be sat on comfortably. The bed linens, including mattress pads are ill fitting, stained, and have some holes and tears. The house could use a deep cleaning (heavy mold in windows/screens, and floors need steam cleaning). We would have felt more comfortable if all the sliding glass doors locked. Although we were assured the house was very safe with no crime, we were uneasy leaving the house unlocked each day.
I will add that Paul, the property manager was very easy to communicate with. He lives in the bottom part of the house and we rarely saw him.
Final notes: this is our fifth house rental on St. John so we have others to compare this house to. We understand things are different and more laid back on the islands and we took that into consideration as we write our review.
Be sure to bring bug spray! The no-see-ums are relentless on the island and we were eaten up alive. If only we had been prepared (ugh)!
We found the workers on the island who grew up on St. John to be for the most part, unfriendly and somewhat rude. Those service workers who moved to the island from elsewhere were much friendlier.