The Beach Pad · 4BR Getaway · Walk to Sylvan Beach

Great house & very helpful host. Clean and great location

So, we chose this property because it billed itself as "luxury at the beach". It was not that, at all. - One of the bedrooms is in essentially a mud room, and faces a busy, loud bar parking lot. - Our car door was heavily scratched over night. - The people staying in the smaller unit used one of our spaces. - There were no windows shades for privacy in most of the rooms...even one of the bedrooms has zero shades. - Poor Sylvan Beach, the whole area is looking tired and sad. It was depressing to be there. Empty shops/sketchy feeling everywhere. -Anytime a large truck drove by, the whole house shook like a leaf. - The air conditioning wasn't strong enough to cool the king bedroom. It was dreadful. Overall, the house was barely ok. I was glad to leave, and hope to never return to Sylvan Beach again. My husband wanted to leave after the second night but, we were there for a funeral and had to stay.

Really enjoyed the house. It was clean and spacious. It was also right in town with lots of amenities available.

We stayed here over the holidays with our extended family (4 adults, 2 teens, 2 dogs).The property was very clean and spacious. We enjoyed the 2 living areas on either side of the kitchen and proximity to the beach and businesses in Slyvan Beach. We did have a few hiccups: 1) the property was advertised as having 4 BR, including 1 king, 1 queen, 1 double ("full") bed, and 1 bunk plus twin, but the "queen" bed was really a double/full and was very uncomfortable for the 2 grown adults who ended up stuck with it. 2) The provided entry code did not work on the front door to the house, so we had to enter and leave as a group using the back door only. This door enters directly into one of the bedrooms which was very inconvenient especially given the snowy/messy weather conditions. 3) The dishwasher spontaneously turned itself on and would not turn off, and leaked gallons of water in the kitchen. The water shutoff was inaccessible without uninstalling the entire dishwasher. Thankfully two guests were present when this happened and were able to use towels to keep the water from flooding the house and causing damage. The property manager responded very quickly and sent out a maintenance person to uninstall the dishwasher, but this meant we had no dishwasher to use (also inconvenient given the number of guests we had and our holiday celebrations). The same 2 guests in our party bore the brunt of all 3 issues. Perhaps bad luck, but we will choose a different property on our next visit.

Great place. We enjoyed the house close to beach!