This house, in Carolina Place, was spacious and nicely situated on a lagoon where we could view wildlife. It had many comfortable seating options, both indoors and out. The kitchen was attractive, well appointed, and fully functional.
During our stay (end of April/beginning of May 2022), a house was being built on the lot next door. There was a lot of noise, between the sound of the cement mixer and the sawing of cinder blocks, making it impossible to fully relax on the deck. I expect the work will continue for some time, as the construction is still in its early stages.
We were disappointed with Vacasa. We were not given any access to the local HHI office prior to our arrival to ask questions about our stay. When we checked in, the reception at the Vacasa office was not very friendly and we were given the wrong code for entry to the house. They also did not provide any instructions on how to use the unfamiliar house lock. In general, they were not accommodating. We had booked the house for two weeks, but they didn’t supply enough kitchen garbage bags to get us through that period of time. They provided a ‘starter’ kit, which would have been adequate for a one week stay, but was not reasonable when you’ve paid for two weeks. It seemed petty, especially considering they were already saving money on house cleaning with our longer stay. We had some clue this might be how this outfit is run when they charged us for four Sea Pines car passes when we were only going to have two cars.
Here are some other things to be aware of: (1) the bedroom to the right of the front door has the AC compressors outside, and when they’re running, the noise in this room becomes intolerable (IMO), (2) the landing near the bottom of the staircase was cut on a diagonal, instead of squared off, and a few of us stumbled there, (3) there is no DVD or Blue Ray player in this house, (4) the ice maker was not turned on, which we did not realize until someone in our party had an injury and needed an ice pack, only to find there was no ice, (5) while they say the house has parking for 4 cars, that’s a bit of a stretch, and would require jockeying the cars around to let someone get out if you had that many, (6) the community pool is very nice, and just a short walk away, but it’s not very conducive for lap swimmers since much of the pool is 3’ deep, and (7) the lamps on the night tables in the downstairs master bedroom had bulbs that were too dim for bedtime reading.