The house itself is in a nice area, quiet for the most part, with a short walk to the beach. Having an elevator and pool was what made me decide to rent this house because we had elderly, handicapped family staying with us. The cleanliness of the rental upon arrival was my main issue. It is what puts a damper on this house and on referring it to others. When first entering we quickly realized we would need to clean before we could begin to enjoy our stay and feel comfortable sleeping in the beds. I get that it is a rented house that has had many guests and everything may not be cleaned to personal standards, but I do think that upon arrival guests should not have to worry about cleaning first thing. I took several pictures because I was so disappointed in the cleanliness. Having the washer and dryer and dishwashers definitely came in handy. Upon arrival we found surfaces not wiped in the kitchen and bathrooms, a sandwich bag with the remains of chips left in plain view beside a lamp in the 2nd floor living room along with fragments of those chips on the floor, dirty silverware in kitchen drawers on the 2nd and 4th floors, a dirty towel still in a drawer of the kitchen on 2nd floor, a dirty display plate left out in plain view in the 2nd floor kitchen, floors on all levels that appeared lightly vacuumed but definitely not mopped clean, a missing door window in the 4th floor bedroom that was covered with reflective insulation, what appeared to be molded tape on top of the 4th floor bedroom bed frame, a broken coffee pot (still dirty) in the 4th floor kitchen, and cigarette butts on the floor of the bottom of the house near the pool area. The pool seemed clean but already had sand in it upon our arrival and an open bottle of liquor was found in the children's red toy container. Half way through our stay, the air conditioning on the 4th floor stopped working due to a very dirty, stopped up filter and compressor shutting down. However, it was addressed and the air was fixed the same day. We were told that someone would be by to replace the filter, however, that did not occur. The hot tub did not heat up for the first few days but after a confusing text exchange regarding paying for "pool heat", a person showed up and primed the HOT tub so it would heat. There is a book in the house with different information that includes a statement about leaving the house as you found it, unfortunately, we couldn't do that, because we definitely left it cleaner than we found it.