Pros:
1. Ample space.
2. Close to shops and nice restaurants by the water. We walked to and really liked Deep Lagoon seafood restaurant.
3. Generous supply of everything (towels, utensils, free bottle of wine, two free bikes, etc.)
4. Owner responds quickly to messages, although not always with useful responses (see below)
Cons:
1. Heated pool: we arrived on Sunday Nov. 7, and we could not the pool to be comfortable until Thursday evening, fully four days after arrival. It is the Guests’ job to turn on the heater themselves after 0930 every day (!); if you do not do it then, there is no heater for the pool for that day! The heater turns itself off at 1611. We contacted the owner the day of arrival, who kept assuring us the temperature would increase by “2 degrees per hour” when heater is on. It simply doesn’t, at least not in November, even when sun is shining.
Pool cleanliness: it was ok upon arrival, but after two days it had leaves, etc. There was no pool service during our stay (one week). We had to clean it ourselves, and fill the pool as well (as it was too low)
2. Cleanliness: while the house had been cleaned prior to our arrival, there is a need for a deep cleaning: A) We saw a cockroach (picture). B) There are a LOT of tiny little ants everywhere, but particularly in the kitchen. We found ants crawling in our laptop, which we had placed in a dresser in the main bedroom. After that, we kept all our clothes in our suitcases. You cannot leave any food outside of the fridge. When we alerted the owner to the ants, he suggested we use some spray to kill the bugs… C) The house smells a bit stale. Fortunately there are plenty of windows. There are fabric softeners placed in every room to change the smell (picture)
3. En-suite bathroom door does not close (!?). There is a sign written on masking tape (picture) not to use it. This means that in effect guests cannot use that bathroom during the night. It is definitely not convenient if several people are renting the house together.
4. Side doors to access backyard are locked. Main door has several steps to access it. This means you must keep the bikes inside the house and go through the house door any thing (like using the beach buggy, taking the recycling bin outside, etc.)