Ocean Front Spacious (3500 sq.ft) Home w/Full Ocean Views in Pismo Beach

House in Ill Repair

JB (Aptos, CA)
Review submitted: May 15, 2013   Date of arrival: May 3, 2013

We rented this house a year ago and it was fine. This year it was in poor repair.

1. The bath tub in master bath drips. No amount of turning the spigots stopped the drip.

2. Dishwasher is broken [photo]. In fact, the dishes in the cupboard were dirty and had to be washed before we could use them for dinner on Friday. Someone put them away dirty. We washed all dishes by hand each meal and today we went out to breakfast because we were tired of doing dishes.

3. Some of the bath towels are so frayed they should be rags [photo].

4. The minuscule soap left in each bathroom was of the poorest quality. The “Tulip” soap bars weigh ¼ ounce. I imagine this is what might be used in Motel 6. We had to go out and buy some decent soap for each bathroom. I looked on-line and see, in fact, that Tulip soap is called hotel/motel soap and sells for $43.88 for 500 bars. When I spend this much on a rental, I don’t want cheap motel soap.

5. The furniture is dirty. The throw covers don’t fit and are dirty too. When you sit down the throw shifts and the dirty old furniture underneath is revealed.

6. There is a very broken plastic chair on the back patio

7. The living room slider door handle is broken on the outside.

8. There were ants in the kitchen and the living room on the furniture.

9. The barbecue is a mess but besides that there is no handle making for an unsafe situation. We had to pry it open to lift the lid.


10. There are lights burned out throughout the house. Three of five are burned out in the dining room [photo].

11. Part of the house looked like it had not been cleaned when we arrived. The round glass top table upstairs in the family room was very dirty. One of the kitchen counters had crumbs.

12. The toilet bowel scrubber is simply sitting on the floor behind the master bath toilet. That is just poor infection control.


The house is spacious and that's a good thing. But for the price, I expected much more than we received.

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Home away from home

Bballmom97 (Bakersfield)
Review submitted: April 11, 2013   Date of arrival: March 26, 2013

We have have rented many beach front condos and homes in the past and by far this was the best one ever. Lots of room to roam for the whole family. My kids couldn't get me to go anywhere, I wanted to stay here and enjoy the view. We look forward to coming back definitely next year.

Recommended for: age 55+, families with teenagers

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Hi Carrie

Review submitted: April 10, 2013   Date of arrival: March 27, 2013

Just wanted to let you know we had a wonderful time during our week in your home. Your home is beautiful and plenty of room to roam. Thank you for allowing us to rent it I look forward to renting it again in the future.

Thank you.

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