Belmar Rear East Cottage is beautiful. When I booked pictures were not posted of the recent remodel. It is absolutely gorgeous. Zero complaints regarding the unit. Everything is brand new, with a very modern design. Linens are really nice, but the towels could be thicker. The kitchen is stocked really well. Soap, hand soap, Kleenex, 1 or 2, of everything is provided. My only complaint in that area is using Tide on the sheets and towels. As someone with severe allergies. I bring my own laundry detergent and wash all the towels and linens in a FREE & CLEAR brand. When I washed just 2 sets of towels, no detergent, to get the Tide out, the entire rubber gasket of the front loader was full of soap. I think the cleaners may be putting in a lot of detergent to make sure everything is really clean. However, it gave me hives (literally).
The only snag we hit was we didn’t receive the welcome letter. I had to contact the property manager a couple hours before check-in, to find out where to park and get key information. I don’t know if there is an actual “Welcome letter”. We had no information on how to use fans, if it was OK to use the BBQ, etc. We did find beach chairs, and an umbrella, next to the W/D, and we found the beach badges on the table in an ceramic dish, after a little hunting.
A few things that are not the owners fault, but could be addressed with a list of check-in / check-out procedures: we had a full dishwasher we had to unload, because the previous tenant probably didn’t wash them.
Just an FYI for the owner: The lint filter on the dryer was really thick with lint (something the cleaning crew should clean out, so you don’t end up burning up your brand new dryer).
All in all. It is a gorgeous unit, an incredible location and I would rent it again in a heartbeat.