New review for LOOI…read more It says a lot about a company when they put profit above their clients. No this is not a hate review due to no longer being with the company. This is concern for those residents, that are continually lied to and taken advantage of. A company so worried about getting their investors a return that they take from these residents. Security is non existent, residents cannot even lock their rooms when they go out. And now the few cameras around the building, corporate is having removed. There is already a lawsuit due to staff posting videos on social media of residents being mistreated. Please look for a non profit or at least a facility that will let you speak to residents, spend the day there experiencing what activities and meals are like. For a year and seven months, I have fed those residents, but I would not stay silent and conform to the "budget cuts" affecting residents meals and activities. For the last 5 months I had been making my own menu off of previous years' to maintain some stability for the residents. I wasn't going to say anything but I noticed that I cannot even see the residents on the facility Facebook page...they blocked me? Why? What are they hiding? I never spoke out against faculty, just fought for residents to get better meals. FACTS Director has never been an administrator of this type of facility, he is a politician/former youth pastor/DJ, not quite the experience needed. telling the hourly employees why previous director was dismissed, though current director is 5th one since I started. At Christmas, director instructed all managers with staff under them that we HAD to buy gifts for our team members on our own dime. Life Enrichment/Activities have gone away almost completely because "a movie every day qualifies as the 14 hours activities that DSS requires each week" of course that's what you get when you put a receptionist with no experience, that took a class, in charge of activities. We used to have dances, several exercise sessions a week, at least 4 activities per day, there is no stimulation for them now. Food allowance cut down $1.50 per day per resident. Corporate took over menus, Dinner menu consists of meatballs (no sauce), celery sticks, cheddar biscuit, milk and grapes. Residents can order from always available but that was cut down to hotdogs, burgers, grilled cheese, PB&J or a green salad. We used to have a variety of hot and cold alternatives to choose from. Outings are pretty non existent, staff are allowed to bring their children and leave them in empty rooms for the day, staff often refuse to complete their job duties, several staff given leader roles have no education. You're supposed to have at least diploma or GED, but they never check. There are actually quite a few alternative places to go tour, and any place worth putting your loved when will encourage you and your family member to spend time there before making such an important decision. The cost of this place does not meet the quality of living. These people are being treated like children.

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Do not rent Oak Island Beach Villa unit 1408…read more Seasoned user of VRBO and Airbnb with bookings from Long Beach CA, Nantucket, Prague, Paris, New Orleans, Cape Cod... tallied 16 over the past 20 years. I also rented out my lake house 6 weeks a year for a decade. I've never rented a place (this one through Margaret Rudd, Oak Island NC) this bad. There were several that were less money, either ocean front or ocean view- I took the more expensive one thinking it has to be great... wrong. Upon inspecting what I needed to cook one breakfast and one dinner for 30, almost all staying in the village, I opened the first drawer and tossed the dirty egg-caked spatula into the sink. Cabinet by cabinet, assessing what I need, it became quite apparent there was nothing there but pots, pans and silverware. This place is worn out my friends. What it has: a nice view, decent internet and a newer small stack washer/dryer. What it DOES NOT HAVE: A coffee filter, A paper towel, A drop of dish soap to clean the dirty spatula, A salt shaker, A pepper shaker, A drop of cleaning spray for the counter, A napkin, A single thing to cook with (spice, cooking oil, condiments etc), A washer pod, A mini hotel soap bar (18 cents btw), A working slider to the master bedroom balcony -you get the point. It's as if the place is stripped bare after every rental and leftovers sold at a flea market once a month. Our group had 5 other rentals within the village and I asked to take a quick walkthrough of each- to my dismay, they were at least lightly stocked with some basics if not fully stocked. Keurig pods, cleaning products, paper towels, toilet paper, cooking supplies like salt, pepper, spices, cooking oil etc. Was I expected to go buy any and all basic items for the week only to hop back on a plane and leave it all there? Not a chance - I gave it all away versus having the next renters think the owners or MR gives a crap about the tenants. Two bars hotel soap 36 cents, coffee filters 4 cents per x7, a small dish soap $2.50, a cheap counter cleaner $3.50, a washer pod 43 cents, a roll of paper towels 75 cents, plastic salt and pepper shaker $1.50 blah blah blah. At $2,600 a week, the owners need not extract every damn nickel from this rental. Seriously, $3.00 per rental period would more than cover some basics and a few bucks for some cheap beach towels. After looking at the range hood, the rusty oven and the microwave, I canceled making any food in this condo as I had promised. Is the thought "vintage", "quaint", "throwback" or "retro"? C'mon, I looked up the serial number on the microwave- 1984 Happy Birthday, you are 40! And rusty, gross and lacking a carousel of course. Do a search how long microwave ovens should be used for- 10 years. Old rusty mirrors in bathrooms, an old 10 foot junked curtain support rod sticking out from under the couch, a non-working door to the master bedroom ocean view patio, weather strip coming off front door, mangled deteriorating rugs- can go on forever -see photos. In summary, I've been a landlord to a rental property and deep in renting houses, condos and apartments. I've seen several other units in the village, all less expensive and they at least have some basics if not ready to fully accommodate renters. Oh, beach front rental with NO beach chairs, NO beach towels, NO cooler - nada- nothing to accommodate a renter at this price point. When I contacted MR about beach towels before arriving, the response was Rudd Information From:information@rudd.com To:E Mon, Jul 1 at 12:36 PM Good Afternoon, After looking into OIBV 1408, this property does not provide Beach Towels/ Beach Chairs/ Beach Toy's/ and or a Beach Cart. However on the day of check in you will need to stop by our office and pick up your parking pass and your pool pass. Sincerely, Jennifer MRA Guest Services Property Management & Vacation Rentals Margaret Rudd & Associates, Inc., REALTORS Thanks Captain Obvious - the reason for my inquiry regarding towels, chairs etc is that none were listed on the site!. Good lord - how about letting me know where I might rent such items for the week. No one has ever asked this? Anti-helpful. Shame on me for not digging deeper when I looked on the MR site and there were no reviews for this place while there were for all or most of the other units. They were likely so heinous, especially for this price point, they were taken down or never posted. I, however, DID post this review to the MR website when asked to do so via email when we got back. In a shocker, IT WAS NEVER POSTED ON THEIR SITE linked to unit 1408... and there are still no reviews. Some might say the owner responsible here and MR is not to blame. However, MR represents this property, has it in their inventory and takes a fee for every rental. There has to be some accountability and quality control measures to make sure rentals are up to some sort of standard, especially for higher price points

These people clearly don't care about their customers. Pool has been out of order ALL week and…read morenobody cares to even tell us before we got there. I look for pool availability while booking and when we get here they tell us that they have nothing to do with it when in fact they use it as a selling point. The place is great but don't go thru Rudd because they don't care how you feel!!!

Great service. They just get it done. Courteous also --and they follow up in timely fashion…read more What more do you want?

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We love The Beachcomber!!!! OIA does a great job with attention to every detail!! They are very…read moreresponsive and the house was super clean!!

They are fraudsters. Their pet policy is unclear. They won't allow me to being a 5 week old…read morebottle fed kitten to the rental. They say they won't refund my $3000 unless they can re-rent the house. This is the first AND LAST time I will ever use this company. Absolutely misleading and fraudulent.

Very good responsible friendly did a great job cleaning my place enjoyed there helpful team of…read morecleaners

From the start of the hiring process through the first cleaning...Tasha was amazing! Everything…read moregets a 5-star rating...communications - expectations - results - value for the price! Truthfully...I thought that I was walking into a new home once they finished the deep clean today. They went above and beyond and I look forward to our regular maintenance cleanings. I wish I had taken "before" pictures, but I never thought of that. A few pics below should give one the idea...especially love their "creativity"...