THE 'SEA FLOWER' A GREAT BEACH HOUSE

This home is spacious and well set up for a large group. Steps from the beach which we loved. The owner was very helpful and kind. Any questions we had he was available to answer. The home has laundry available, grill, beach toys, fishing gear, outside shower to rinse off all the sand and a great deck. There was free WiFi available through the town, but it was very hard to get a good connection at the beach house. The only turn off for us was the housekeeping crew. They are smokers and all the linen and blankets smelled heavily of smoke. I washed most of it to get the smell of smoke out before we used it. We did bring our own linen for the living room sleepers, recommended by another guest. Glad we did as we wouldn't have had enough sheets. And do bring a ton of good mosquito spray, they will eat you alive. NO JOKE!!! They are more of a bother at night and early morning, but coming back from the beach at night and rinsing off outside was hard with all the mosquitoes swarming the air.

There are small grocery stores in Surfside, but prepare to drive for a bigger selection. Bring lots of drinking water since you can't drink the water there. We drove up to the jetty park where you can see dolphins swimming at dusk. Very fun. Galvastin is a good hour drive away. We did enjoy the slower pace of Surfside and it's long beaches. We never felt cramped or crowded on the beach. You can drive on the beach with a permit and you can have bon fires too.

Over all we enjoyed Surfside and this lovely beach home. We would stay again, I will just have to bring more laundry detergent in preparation for washing the linens to get the smoke smell out. I do feel for the price that is something we shouldn't have to worry about or deal with. I would have given this home 5 stars if it weren't for the housekeeping company.


Hope this was helpful.