Top ten signs you’ve rented a bad summer house
Posted on August 31st, 2009 by Bob Sullivan
10. When they say “ocean view,” that includes “on television.”
9. It’s a time-share, and you only get it alternate Tuesdays.
8. There’s a security camera in the shower.
7. The “backyard pool” is only there during high tide.
6. The beach in front of the house is “bring your own sand.”
5. It’s in Nebraska.
4. The lease states that “this agreement includes free nightly massages…for the property owner.”
3. It’s in a newly opened development called Rancho Guantanamo.
2. You’re contractually obligated to ignore the shackled person in the basement.
1. The large number of cobwebs are the only thing keeping the place standing upright.
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i really enjoyed this list. except for the fact that it has sand and water, a lot of the old bungalows in Rocakway Beach, Queens, look to have a number of the above-described characteristics, which is why i refer to the entire Rockaway Peninsula as the Armpit of Queens.