Let me start off by saying we LOVE topsail, however this house kinda left us w a bad taste in our mouth. The house was DIRTY, sand and dog fur everywhere, dust on everything which would have been a simple fix except there was no vacuum and the broom was a straw style from 20 years ago and had no dustpan at all to be found. The bathrooms were dirty as well. The charcoal grill outside hadn't been cleaned in who knows how long and the wire brush to clean the grates literally had like three wires left on it and was bald. There was also no tool to pull the grates out which left me with greasy hands and covered in charcoal dust b/c there was nothing to scoop the old ash out. The linen service we paid for didn't provide linens for one of the rooms, The house was built in the 80s and it showed, even the furniture esp the beds were in rough shape, the one in the master bedroom was a old spring mattress and so worn out that it was sunken in the middle. My wife and I joked that it was the bed that promoted togetherness. The kitchen stove needs to be updated we got a seafood steamer pot from Topsail steamer(please try this place we love it) and it took 2 hours to cook it where its supposed to take 40 minutes b/c the eyes on the cook top wouldn't heat up enough to keep the water boiling to steam the food. The utensils, cooking items, pots and pans they had were filthy, a decade old, and seriously unorganized, how hard is it to have a sharp knife, decent flatware and some pots and pans that didn't look like they need to be sandblasted clean. There is no outside shower unless you count a shower head attached to the hose spigot outside.... They also claim to have satellite TV, they dont. Which I know that you don't come to the beach to watch TV, however it does rain and in the evening it would be nice to have something to watch before you go to bed. It did have antenna for local channels but you got like 3 channels and it the signal was horrible. We did reach out to Lewis Reality who managed the property who listened to my concerns and said they would get back to me but never did. We spent several thousand to just stay here for a week, and at that price point there are other options available, I would suggest you keep looking.
