Rating Details:
The property manager was very helpful.
The vacation rental was spotless.
I was happy with the location.
I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental.
Overall, I recommend this vacation rental.
Reviewer Comments:
Our family comes to HHI virtually every year to meet up with cousins, etc. We rented 2 houses this year, including this one for half of our group. We loved the pool at this house and how it was visible from everywhere and was shaded (which meant the water wasn't too hot). We also loved all the refrigerators, furniture, and layout of the house. It was further than we expected from the beach via bikes. Google estimated 11 minutes but it was more like 25 with kids and hauling gear in trailers. The only blip, which obviously isn't the property's fault, is the neighbor nearest the pool came into our backyard, up to the screens of the pool on our first day when a bunch of kids were playing and being kids at 6:00 PM and screamed at us for being too loud while they were having dinner. I then woke up to a voicemail the next day that he'd called the property management company and complained about kids making noise in the pool at 6:00 PM and looking for frogs outside with flashlights around 9:30 PM. They advised if he called Sea Pines security we might be kicked out of the property. The next morning the guy was sitting on his deck looking at us in the pool, I assume looking for another reason to call and complain. So having that hanging over your head where you feel like you need to "Shhh" your kids in the pool during the day wasn't a great start to the week. It was a great house, and a great vacation - it just has an unfortunate spot next to a grumpy neighbor. The tone of the voicemail I received from the rental company was very nice, so no complaints about Island Rentals at all. I also got the sense this wasn't the first time this neighbor has complained about people renting the property. If you have mostly adults, or only a few kids - shouldn't be an issue. If you have a group of cousins who get to see each other once per year and are really excited and might act like kids in a pool, you might want to keep looking or expect to be confronted by the neighbor.