The cottage was clean and as described albeit the pics are wide angle and make it look bigger in the pics than in real life. Wasn't a deal killer as it was plenty of space for our needs. Nice touch having a small welcome packet with coffee and some of the basic essentials to,get you thru your first morning. Some of these places are barren upon arrival outside of one roll of TP. Only negatives for property was this cottage is at the front of the complex so the furthest from the beach access so bring or plan on buying a beach cart to haul your stuff. Not a far walk, about 10 minutes, but there are about 20-25 stairs to go down/up in order to get to beach to plan to have to hve help carrying your stuff up and down. If you have a lot of stuff then you probably have help;). Beach was gorgeous and having the chairs provided was a great addition considering their about $35 a day to rent. Vegetation outside the back porch was a little overgrown but we never went out that way so it wasn't an issue and provided more privacy, just a little unkempt looking but it is florida and things grow wild here. Beautiful property with lots of trees and vegetation. Only downside to location for us was it's 3.5 miles from the destin bridge area where all the action is. Not a big deal but with the construction plan on spending 20-25 minutes during peak drive time to get there. Since we went almost every day for some excursion it became a bit of a beating. BTW, the excursion discounts offered thru the management company was a great deal, use them for sure. We did at least 1 activity per day and it saved our family of 4 several hundred dollars!!. Overall a great time was had by all, cant wait to come back again!!