The owner: Galina was friendly, prompt, and helpful when I asked for anything. She came over and gave us top sheets for the beds that were missing and replaced the propane for the grill that was empty when we arrived. Her husband promptly came over to install a door handle that was missing for one of the bedrooms. While being friendly, we were also not refunded the FULL “Refundable Damage Deposit” because of the “credit card fees” which she should incur as part of the listing, not take it out of a damage deposit. More than $100 was taken off because of this.
The house: The house was adequate for sleeping the number of people we had. The “sleeper sofas” mentioned in the rooms with the twin beds were uncomfortable to sit on, never mind sleep on, and not large enough for anyone over 5 ft. tall. These were not a viable option for sleeping so people had to double up in the full beds. The house was definitely not set up to sleep 18 people comfortably, let alone 24 as it claims. There was no hand soap in the bathrooms, not enough toilet paper, and only 1 extra garbage bag. We had to go out and purchase extra supplies because these were not made available. I know I probably could have called and asked for these items, but those are things that should be provided with a rental house. When we arrived, the door knob was missing from the queen bed room but the latch was still in the door so you could trap yourself in if you weren’t careful. There were also no top sheets on 75% of the beds. Galina came over and gave us the sheets, however we had to put them on the bed ourselves. The door knob from the bathroom on the second floor constantly jammed and the handle fell out two occasions, stranding people in the bathroom with no way out. The third floor went completely dark on us one night (overloaded circuit most likely) so we had to wait for someone to flip the breaker that was not located in our portion of the house. When attempting to cook, we found mouse poop in the oven and all over most of the pans we needed in order to cook. We had to go out to buy more dish soap because this was also not provided. The kitchen was nice with lots of space to move around, but overall the house should have been cleaner with more necessary supplies.
The location of this house was perfect. 3 blocks from the beach and right near the shuttle stop to take you into downtown Atlantic City. The section of the beach we were near had almost no one on it all 3 days we were there.