Great house for a family beach vacation. T

We had a wonderful week at this home. The space was bright and clean and so comfortable. There was plenty of room to spread out. The kitchen was stocked with all the basics, but also had plenty of dish towels, pot holders, and things we don’t usually find at rental homes. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would love to return one day. Highly recommend!

We stayed for a week- grandparents, parents and 4 kids (youngest 9 yo). We have enjoyed LBI for 40 years, though this was our first visit to the bay side of the boulevard. House furnishings were comfortable and generally well maintained, photos accurate. We had an unfortunate start to our stay; the owner kindly allowed us to check in a couple hours early, not knowing the previous tenants had left the house in terrible shape, according to the cleaners and some of what we saw (surfaces, floors and fridge dirty, garbage overflowing, etc.) The cleaners stayed several hours longer than expected and worked very hard, resolving most issues. We did have to discard, remove, and wash some bedding. The toaster was broken and baking pan unusable; the owner called us back the next day and placed an order for new ones which arrived 2 days later. The combination entry lock didn’t work, but we used the lock box without a problem. We enjoyed the back yard space; although there is no garage, there was room to store of our beach gear (no beach gear provided but we appreciated use of 6 beach badges). The beach walk was manageable, though we left beach buggies and chairs with a relative who was staying on the beach block. We saw many people driving down to drop off gear. Traffic noise did not bother us in the master BR, though guests in rooms facing the blvd did have some complaints of trouble sleeping, especially on weekends, so may want to consider when planning rooms.

When we stay more than 2 nights we need to sleep in a room w a king bed. We paid more, & charged our friends less because of that. Big surprise to us-the only thing in the house that wasn’t updated was the master bath. It was the worst bathroom I’ve had to use. Had no idea. In general, the owners should make sure they keep up on maintenance, some areas could use some TLC