Evelyn's Oasis

By Lorri J from Anderson, Posted: 07/19/2020

Honest Reviewer
Just because I wished I would have seen this type of review before booking, I would like to give pro's and con's of Evelyn's Oasis. Pro's 1) House is VERY roomy, tons of space for a large family 2) extremely comfortable beds in every room 3) Huge Tv's throughout house in every bedroom and living areas, with cable and WIFI 4) air conditioning cools house very well 5) Two very well equipped kitchens one on each level 6) living rooms on two levels, both huge comfy couches 7) dining room area with two very large tables to seat a large family 8) Extremely clean( house in general as well as linens on beds and bathrooms) 9) Oceanfront Cottage has staff that is VERY easy to work with and helpful. Also, they were prompt and helpful with some issues we had while staying. Cons... 1) pool was VERY nasty upon check-in. Sand in bottom(due to hole in liner we were told by maintenance). Bird poop and feathers throughout. We call, first day and maintenance came to "clean" pool. All they did was skimmed and left skimmer there and told us to clean it when we needed to(not our place to do so)... Day 4 after the pool was so nasty, I called to complain and they sent maintenance back out and they cleaned bottom of pool and skimmed, it was clean however they took the hot tub cover off hot tub, to cover a part of the pool that the birds were using. This left the hot tub open, and we could no longer enjoy hot tub because water was cold. The birds still continued to use the pool for their personal use. 2) upon arrival we visited the landing attached to house that is built on bunker. The railing is VERY unsafe...and broken off on edging. VERY easy to fall off of and land on rock part of bunker below. We had our grand baby with us and this was very scary. We called 1st day about this issue and it was NEVER addressed the entire stay. This was then another part of our rental we could NOT enjoy due to safety. 3) the distance from the house to the beach is NOT a few steps as advertised. Its a good walk through the dunes and uphill in sand. We originally had our 85 year old parents going on trip with us. Due to the Covid scare, they decided not to go at last minute. Thankfully they didn't...they would have NEVER been able to make the trip to the beach from the house. 4) pool fencing needs updated, parts are being held together by a Tie down. Concrete pieces were missing...railing had missing screws... just absolutely unexceptionable. 5) Check out was 10 am. We started loading cars at 9 am and the cleaning crew shows up and tries to come in while we are still packing and loading. We tried to say check out was 10 to them and they said we speak no English. My SIL typed on his phone that check was at 10, and translated to Spanish and they left. We felt like this was very uncalled for and we for sure, due to Covid, did NOT want them there while we were trying our best to get our large family packed up and gone by 10. In a whole we had a VERY great vacation. These issues above, had we known, we would have booked a different location but still with Oceanfront Cottage. We feel for the money we spent on this location it was NOT worth what we ended up with. We will sadly NOT be returning to Evelyn's Oasis.

By Patty F from Belvidere, Posted: 05/21/2019

Great House!
Rented this house with my family of 16. PLENTY of room. Well kept. Close to the ocean! The pool area has plenty of space for yard games. Loved it!

By Patricia F from Belvidere, Posted: 08/05/2018

Evelyns Oasis
Rented this house for a family vacation. 16 people. The house was spacious and had nice bedrooms. Pool area was spacious and well kept. Short walk to a beach that was never crowded. Kitchen was very well equipped with everything you need!