Brief: Beautiful house, great location, good layout for multiple groups.
Detailed:
Location is great, with a fantastic view and beautifully landscaped property. House is clean, well maintained, and well appointed with cooking equipment, grill, and left-over spices. The view while cooking or dining on the deck is amazing. Laundry facilities worked well and had detergent, dishwasher had soap, bathrooms all with soap / shampoo. Each room has a/c, Wi-Fi works well.
The pool is clean, with plenty of children’s pool toys and rafts, along with snorkeling gear and coolers for the beach days.
For those unclear from the picture, the main house has 2 large bedrooms joined by a common space, kitchen, and deck. One floor below, accessible only by outdoor staircase are 2 independent efficiency studios separated by a long walk-way, which makes it great for several different families or groups, although was a bit awkward for our 2-family party with 4 smaller children since one group of children would be in their own separate apartment or one family would watching all 4 kids sleeping in one of the bedrooms.
The rental company was easy to communicate with.
The only small problem was the lighting on the stairs (only switch is at the bottom) and the uneven and unsecured decking boards, several of which need to be repaired and or replaced. Not a problem with adults, but takes a bit more planning and care with smaller children.
I would absolutely book this place again without hesitation when we come back to St. John.