6/10 Okay
John-David S.
10 Sept 2023
Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location
Nice Place, but construction happening on two lots
There are two active construction sites w/ one next door (between this rental and Nate's stone house mentioned in the listing). The second, a new remodel, is two lots up the street. We traveled with an infant and dog and would have skipped this property had we known about the construction.
The good news: This is a really nice little place in that it's a clean recent remodel, with nice kitchen/bath, and a great A/C (it was ~100°F the first day there!). The property is walk-able to almost all Colonial Beach's shops and restaurants, and it's very quiet at NIGHT.
The bad news (for us at least): We booked on the 18th of August and I just can't see how the construction next door was that far along but never mentioned. During Friday and Saturday of our stay the work crew was wrapping the house in Tyvek and starting roofing. Instead of planned quiet afternoon naps, lunches on the porch, and some relaxing beach time we got to be serenaded by air-powered nail guns, hammers, and table saws. With our infant in tow we weren't able to just leave the house for 8-10 hour stretches, although we did get out as much as we could.
There are many Adirondack chairs here but only two which weren't broken on the right arm. Four more were very visibly broken and stacked in the back yard which; surprisingly, doubled as the construction lots storage area. Lastly, there's a 7' or 8' wooden fence on the construction lot currently and it blocks half of this rentals porch-view to the beach.
John-David S.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
