"Close Call" 's excellent location and ample room accommodated our family Christmas vacation very well. Beach access was a very valuable perk. However, there were a few things that brought the overall rating down. 1. Having to buy bath towels, dish towels, paper towels, was a hassle prior to our stay. We traveled across the country to get to this stay, with little expense the owner/manager could have provided, with minor expense to them, these essentials, and would have eased stress of their guest's settlement.It should be noted that this requirement was not listed in the property description and was not expressed to us until days before our flight. 2. Overall condition of the house demonstrated a neglect of some easy repairs and renovations that are overdue: a. Kitchen utility drawer, with all necessary cooking, serving and eating utensils is broken and only opens half way. b. toilet seats were loose and hazardous. c. One of the kitchen chairs has a very wobbly leg, needing repair. d. Pots and pans are old, warn, and unhealthy. e. Underbedding, pillows were soiled and in need of replacement. f. The living swivel chair is very very unsteady and feels like a roller coaster ride. g. Windows do not open. For winter stays, when air conditioning is not necessary, air flow is impossible without leaving the door open. It also would have also been nice to hear the waves crashing at night. 3. Finally, and by no fault of the owners, we were under an audio siege during our entire stay. The neighbor's renovation was load and disrespectful. No problem with saws and mechanized equipment, it was their "Music". From 7am- 4pm their awful metallic, with explicit lyrics, raged. Their audio pollution's volume level stressed their speakers to distortion. The beach was inviting on its own, but was also a refuge from this offensive sound bombardment.