This property was accurately depicted and worked really well for our family. Communication with the Owner was prompt, friendly and terrific too.
The good:
* The house was clean and a good size for our group of 6 and the decor was attractive.
*The beds were comfortable.
*The Pool was awesome and our youngest son spent a ridiculous amount of time in the pool.
*The parking arrangement was great.
*We didn't take advantage of it but I can see where the house's location on a canal might have been a really desirable feature.
*The house is located in a nice quiet neighborhood
*The Beach!
The not as good:
*There is no door on the bathroom in the master bathroom. We aren't keen on using the toilet when there is another person steps away and no door between. If the door to the bedroom is open, you can actually see a person sitting on the toilet so every time you want to use the bathroom, the bedroom needed to be vacated and the bedroom door closed. That's really inconvenient in the middle of the night.
* The living room furniture is spare, stiff and uncomfortable.
* The kitchen isn't very well stocked. It is in need of more pots, pans, bowls, glassware, silverware, serving dishes, storage containers etc. We made due but we found ourselves often having to reach into the dishwasher to wash an item because there wasn't much for silverware/bowls.
*There were empty hand soap containers (we replaced them with new) and just two little tiny bar soaps - A little more soap would have been great.
*The washing machine leaked a lot the first time we used it but my husband tightened the connection to stop the leak.
*The dryer took about 2 1/2 - 3 hours to dry a load of laundry even on the highest/hottest setting so it wasn't really usable.
*The refrigerator door shelves were broken and not really usable. If you put anything in them, they would fall off every time the door is opened.
*There were some random open food items (not spices) left behind that I would have preferred removed.
*This isn't the house's problem but a comment on Marco Island itself - the house is located a little over 2 miles from the beach. With Marco Island's limited public beach access and even more limited parking, driving to the beach and parking isn't easy. We we did a LOT of hauling stuff from our super secret parking spot to the beach. We did leave behind 4 new beach chairs and a new umbrella for future guests but access to a collapsible beach cart would have been really nice.