Happy In Margaritaville - Lodge in Galveston - 11203 Bernice Dr, USA

This house is in a fantastic location, steps from the beach, with incredible views!! The deck appears to be newer composite and the deck chairs were also new-ish. The rest of the house is really tired and broken. Furniture is broken, mirrors falling off the wall, doors are very hard to unlock and lock, broken toilet paper holder, cabinet doors warped and peeling, missing shelves in the bottom of the fridge, ice maker doesn't work. The TV in the main rooms remote only kind of worked, no volume and several buttons did not work (could only use the channel up and down, guide select button did not work) and the WiFi is okay, fairly slow. On the other hand, the house had good water pressure and hot water, Heat and ac worked well, and the dishwasher looked newer. This house was ~1/3rd of the price of the new one next door, so it is a bargain, and you realize why as soon as you walk inside. Just know going in that this house is tired and not a luxury beach house to host an important event like a wedding or family reunion. It is too bad, because if the owners invested in this house it would be a real gem based on the location alone!

There were many areas that concerned us with this rental. As we walked up the stairs, one of the screens from the window was on the porch. It takes three attempts to get the lock to unlock everytime and you usually have to pull the door toward you as the lock attempts to open. When we entered, the room on the right facing the beach is locked and no one ever came and unlocked it for us leaving us short a bedroom for our guests. The house smelled as if it was clean, but then there is mold or mildew on all of the vents and on the walls outside. The tub and sink on the right side of the house do not drain well so you take a shower in an inch or more of water. The floors on this rental are uneven and feel weak in some areas. The door leading to the deck on the right was broken during our stay. The grout in all the tiles is mildewed. We had issues getting the dryer to actually dry. It took multiple cycles to dry anything. After a particularly nasty storm on Thursday evening, water was coming in under the back door. dust was under every bed, so the cleaning crew is not actually cleaning very well. Wifi, while provided, does not actually allow you onto the internet or to access the netflix or cable provided. No technology was really accessible during our stay.

Poorly management property