The location is amazing. Beautiful views steps from the beach. The living area and kitchen is well appointed. The beds are comfortable.
This would be a great place to stay with a couple of families with active kids.
I don’t like to do negatives but there were a few issues.
1. Cleanliness, I didn’t click on to this when renting it, but you are responsible for cleaning when you leave. I’ve stayed in numerous accomodation such as this and always left the place tidy, taken the garbage out, all the standard stuff. I’ve never had to clean, vacuum and mop before checking out. There was a build up of dust, the windows and sliders looked as though they had net been cleaned in months. The duna covers had some stains. We had some cool days and some of the blankets were so dirty that I had to wash them before I would wrap myself or my kids in them. Also you have to get all this cleaning done, (for a large house) before a strict 9am checkout. If you have to clean the place yourself at least give the guests until midday to do so, maybe the place would be cleaned better.
2. No Wifi, again this is my fault for not clicking into it. It said on the description all the modern conveniences, and I haven’t stayed in accomodation that hasn’t had wifi in years so it wasn’t even something I considered it to not having.
3. A large tree limb resting on the roof. We knew that the weather wasn’t going to be great, but I figured we’ll bring a ton of board games, there’s a pool table and ping pong table. Plenty on indoor family fun to be had if the weather isn’t great. Unfortunately there was a large limb resting on the roof that would in the wind scrape down like amplified nails on a blackboard and itermitantly bang as though a sound like someone trying to kick in a door. This disturbed the sleep of all of us in the front house. I am a sound sleeper, but this was unbearable.
So we left early...
Would I stay in that house again? no. Would I stay in Arrawarra again. Absolutely.