My mom and I celebrated our milestone birthdays by taking a trip to St. Simons Island, GA, to relax, unwind from our busy lives, and take in the sites. Why St. Simons? Well, when we booked it a year or so ago, we were in the middle of Covid and couldn't go anywhere else outside the U.S. without selling our souls so we picked somewhere we had never been. It was incredibly beautiful, peaceful but oh so humid, which we expected.
The house is a short 20 minute drive from Brunswick airport and we found it with ease after arriving on the island late. While unpacking the car when we arrived, I heard my mom yell out from inside the house. Upon turning on the light in the kitchen, roaches were seen scattering about. Let me first say that the house is impeccably clean and beautifully decorated so we knew this was a fluke but still....we were unnerved and a bit worried about the house we chose for the week. I immediately messaged the owner who got back to me just as soon as I sent the message, and said she had never had a complaint like mine before but suspected the infestation was from the recent heavy rains. I agreed. The owner had the kitchen sprayed the very next day. In the meantime, we found roach spray under the sink and sprayed down the entire kitchen, scooped up the dead bugs and tossed them in the trash. We wiped down the kitchen and cleaned up. After that, we never saw another bug again.
The only other issue we had was not being able to utilize the backyard the last two days of our trip due to flooding. One night of heavy rains caused the backyard to flood (ankle deep) and standing water remained for two days as it didn't appear to have anywhere to go. I felt bad about notifying the owner again because I don't like to complaint, however, bugs and standing water are legitimate complaint and if it were my house I was renting, I'd want to know. I am not unfamiliar with rain as we endure monsoons every summer from June to September and standing water can cause a ton of damage to a home.
Other than that, the house is perfectly comfortable. It has A/C and all the comforts of home. The furnishings are lovely and you can tell a lot of thought went in to the detailing of the house. Thank you to the owners! We did enjoy our stay.