We loved everything about our stay at this cottage and couldn’t have asked for more. It’s obviously one of the first built homes on the island and exudes so much character and a warm feel. For it’s age it’s been immaculately maintained and nicer than a lot of the newer places I’ve stayed. It was perfect for my teenage daughter and her friends. They loved having the spacious downstairs living area to sleep and hangout. We’ll definitely be back and stay here on our next trip down.

Great property and good for a large family. Nice location but could use more parking for size of house. Could be cleaned better but has the old school beach cottage feel.

Great property for our large family. Plenty of space

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Over all we enjoyed our stay. The house was Great for our large group. The rental was clean and had all pots and pans that we needed for our meals. The house is slightly dated needs quite a bit of updating. And it would have been useful to have four full baths and all the bathrooms. House only has two full baths and 2 half baths and two shower rooms. This did accommodate all of us we had 13 staying in the house. Just be aware that the apartment downstairs you have to walk through the bedroom from the sleeping room to get to the bathroom. In saying all this I would rent it again. It was a great location and fun was had by all.

Great time with good friends

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Always a good time. Plenty of room for all of us. I just wish we could get new mattresses and some sort of special door in the family room to keep the temperature more even. It is a wonderful large vacation home.

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Great vacation home, lots of space, lots of sleeping space, great location right on the beach. The public access is right beside the house and comes in really handy when carrying all the kids “stuff” in the wagon. Both kitchens were fully equipped with all cooking needs. Overall great place, we’ve already booked for next year. The Cannon and Gruber staff were amazing to work with, they answered all questions and resolved concerns we had.

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Great vacation home, lots of space, lots of sleeping space, great location right on the beach. The public access is right beside the house and comes in really handy when carrying all the kids “stuff” in the wagon. Both kitchens were fully equipped with all cooking needs. Overall great place, we’ve already booked for next year. The Cannon and Gruber staff were amazing to work with, they answered all questions and resolved concerns we had.

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was somewhat dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Overall we enjoyed staying at Islandbirds. The location is great and the house has lots of room and a big kitchen. However there needs to be some updates done to the bathrooms. The apartment bath\shower fixtures and the upstairs bath\shower fixtures did not work well at all. In fact we could not use the apartment shower at all. However, the shower rooms on the main floor were really great. Many of the doors in the house and the gates on the deck need to be fixed\updated.

Nice property! It does have an interesting layout that may not work for everyone. Very clean and beautiful views.

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was very happy with the location. I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I do not recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: The house was very clean, but it is really old. Doors don’t close, there us only 1 shower for all the bedrooms. There are 2 showers by the front door for rinsing sand, etc & is usable for older kids/adults. Dining room/family room is super nice with great views of the ocean. Very spacious for multiple families, as there are 3 floors of bedrooms. Overall, a nice house, just prepare for it to be very old & unkept. Also, bring your own coffee/filters/detergent, as this was not stocked. Not a big deal, but i wish i knew.

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was very happy with the location. I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I do not recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: The house was very clean, but it is really old. Doors don’t close, there us only 1 shower for all the bedrooms. There are 2 showers by the front door for rinsing sand, etc & is usable for older kids/adults. Dining room/family room is super nice with great views of the ocean. Very spacious for multiple families, as there are 3 floors of bedrooms. Overall, a nice house, just prepare for it to be very old & unkept. Also, bring your own coffee/filters/detergent, as this was not stocked. Not a big deal, but i wish i knew.

Great property with large rooms. Bottom floor was a nice bonus

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was more than happy with the location. I was somewhat dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I do not recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: A good location for beach lovers. Not much parking space for so many guests. The large rooms on the ocean side are great for gatherings, playing cards, eating, etc. Plenty of bedrooms, but not enough showere (the bedroom we slept in didn't have a shower). Lots and lots of stairs. I wouldn't recommend for eldery people or those with walking difficulties. Just too many stairs for those to navigate easily. Very few electrical outlets in the bedrooms, usually just one per bedroom so pluging in your cell phone charger, computer or games my not be possible in the bedroom. Overall I would rate this property as just adequate. Not fancy or well lighted, but a good place to sleep, cook (lots of dishes, pots and pans) and easy access to the beach.
The knotty pine paneling is dated, but pretty. It's also very dark and requires more lighting than is in the building.

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was more than happy with the location. I was somewhat dissatisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I do not recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: A good location for beach lovers. Not much parking space for so many guests. The large rooms on the ocean side are great for gatherings, playing cards, eating, etc. Plenty of bedrooms, but not enough showere (the bedroom we slept in didn't have a shower). Lots and lots of stairs. I wouldn't recommend for eldery people or those with walking difficulties. Just too many stairs for those to navigate easily. Very few electrical outlets in the bedrooms, usually just one per bedroom so pluging in your cell phone charger, computer or games my not be possible in the bedroom. Overall I would rate this property as just adequate. Not fancy or well lighted, but a good place to sleep, cook (lots of dishes, pots and pans) and easy access to the beach. The knotty pine paneling is dated, but pretty. It's also very dark and requires more lighting than is in the building.

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was clean. I was very happy with the location. I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: IslandBirds was spacious and basically clean. Not enough towels provided. For our stay. House has some neat older home features. The lighting in house needs improving, too darkIt meet our needs for weekend

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was clean. I was very happy with the location. I was satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: IslandBirds was spacious and basically clean. Not enough towels provided. For our stay. House has some neat older home features. The lighting in house needs improving, too dark
It meet our needs for weekend

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: First, the house has plenty of character. From the cypress wood to the many rooms, to the great open spaces, Island Birds will sleep a large family.

Ideally situated by the public access to the beach, it gave our Pug the opportunity to welcome beach goers from the wide and spacious porch where we could sit back and enjoy the ocean breeze and watch the sunset.

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: First, the house has plenty of character. From the cypress wood to the many rooms, to the great open spaces, Island Birds will sleep a large family.Ideally situated by the public access to the beach, it gave our Pug the opportunity to welcome beach goers from the wide and spacious porch where we could sit back and enjoy the ocean breeze and watch the sunset.

Enjoyed our stay but disappointed that we were able to go swimming only one of five days due to heavy surf.

Front porch, old school vibe. Accommodated our family plenty of room. Easy access to beach. Great stay!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: There was plenty of space for all of us. Would be great to have more TV’s for those storm/rain days

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: There was plenty of space for all of us. Would be great to have more TV’s for those storm/rain days

ROACHES AND SO MUCH MORE WRONG WITH THIS HOME! Cannon & Gruber sent pest control however when we called back to say they were now running in the kitchen, living room, bathroom and sleeping area we were told they tend to really come out after treatment b/c they are trying to get away from the chemicals. Needless to say, that did not leave us with a warm and fuzzy feeling. Other issues, live wires sticking out of an outlet. The live terminals were completely exposed. There was a hole in the wall by my bed (we covered with duct tape as I was afraid of roaches coming out of it). Showers had black mold all around the base, shower liners with mildew, broken tile, broken chairs outside on the deck, the sofa was so filthy we had to cover with a blanket, the pull out sofa in the basement had urine stains all over it and many other issues. I also want to make sure you understand that this home does not really have an ocean view. The only room in the home that offers the ocean view is the large bedroom on the top floor. Unless you happened to be in that room you can forget the ocean view. When you sit on the deck you look at the sand dune. For those staying in the basement, be prepared to walk through the garage to enter your bedroom space. It is really dirty as most garages are but I was not thrilled having to go through there every time I went to bed. For others on the first floor, be ready to shower out in the foyer as the showers are located there. I assume they were added so they could advertise the home with more full bathrooms. The floors have been sanded at some point but never sealed so all of the urine from pets is left to soak into the wood. The upstairs bedroom with twin beds had an overwhelming smell of urine. The gate off the deck was so broken when we arrived that we could not let our toddler or dog get close as it was falling in. Half way through our trip we had two guys in the home performing maintenance that should have been handled prior to us arriving. They repaired the gate and put a new outlet in and mudded over the hole and left the rest of items as is. We have travelled quite a bit and are honestly not that picky. The photos make the home appear a little dated but it went way beyond that. This home was dirty, smelled of urine, had roaches and lots of maintenance issues!

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Loved staying at island bird. Roomy, clean and delightful.

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Older home with lots a character, the wood and history was wonderful. We had a really bad storm and had some leaks, which we made the rental company aware of. Plenty of roo., had all we needed in the kitchen. We really enjoyed the house Islandbirds and we will probably rent this home again.

Rating Details:The property manager was very helpful.The vacation rental was spotless.I was very happy with the location.I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental.Overall, I recommend this vacation rental.Reviewer Comments:Wonderful ...easy check in and no surprises

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Wonderful ...easy check in and no surprises

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was very clean. I was very happy with the location. I was very satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: We had a wonderful time in Islandbirds. The house is huge and comfortable and while it may be old we enjoyed the trip immensely. 4 generations of our family stayed together there and found the arrangement to work well for us.

fabulous

Nice place lots of rooms, good views, beach was amazing

Rating Details: The property manager was very helpful. The vacation rental was spotless. I was very happy with the location. I was more than satisfied with the condition of the vacation rental. Overall, I recommend this vacation rental. Reviewer Comments: Our group really enjoyed our stay at Islandbirds, and appreciated the prompt and professional management staff when addressing a couple of typical issues during the week. This older house is large and full of rustic charm; a few rough edges and quirks make it feel like it's full of stories. Some details that we think might be useful to share: There was a small vacuum but no broom; a decently stocked kitchen *upstairs* but a severe lack of cereal/soup bowls (two, maybe?); and a Keurig coffee maker *not* a regular one. The house keys/locks were also difficult to use, but eventually did the job. Overall, location and beach access were phenomenal, and we had a wonderful time.