Thanks for letting us use your property. We have been vacationing in Perdido/Orange Beach/Gulf shores 10+ years. We LOVE this area and adore coming. We loved many things about this house. For our large family, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, the large porch (adding a fan would be great) and ample living area were great! A bedroom with bunks was a plus. The kitchen, equipped with two dishwashers and stoves also was a plus for us. Things we liked:
A/C worked Well —Private beach—Availability of beach toys and chairs—Pool accessibility—Security—Quiet location—New(ish?) washer and dryer —Large pantry adjacent to kitchen
Large dining areas (inside and on porch) and game table—WiFi functioned well—Smart TVs
(caveat — No remote for Audio system (?)which we had hoped to use to stream music out to porch)
Extra Refrigerator in garage. (caveat, it was VERY dirty!)—-Things we found broken: (please note, we use Rental properties often, all over the US…so take the criticisms as observations from our experience, in an effort to make your properties as lovely and profitable as you wish them to be — and the kind of properties we most enjoy!)
Two of the wicker rolling chairs of the game table broken. Broom handle broken-we taped back together. Two glass bowls chipped/ cracked
Column in driveway looked to have been hit by a car. We Did NOT do this damage.
Several of the beach chairs in garage were broken. Lights over kitchen bar - only ONE functioned. One bulb was out, the other, completely gone. A/C on 3rd level seemed to be completely non-functioning. It was QUITE warm up there, so IF we had needed it for sleeping, we would not have been able to use it.
Things needing loving attention:
Pans in kitchen. Some are ok/seeming to be new-i ish…others need replacing. ish…others are totally burned-over and non-stick surfaces are peeling or gone completely. A general ‘sifting’ of the pans would be great. Lots of lids were in bottom drawer, but didn’t seem to match some of the cookware there. A brand new set of cookware was in pantry, but we didn’t know if this was intended to be opened or not, so we didn’t.
Icemakers (BOTH in refrigerator and bar.). Neither of these seemed to be functioning to normal capacity. The one in the bar would make only a FEW cubes every few hours. The one in the refrigerator made ice, but, also, seemed to be behind all the time.
