REVIEW: 315 N St, Seaside Park!! As the end of Summer 2025 comes to an end, I wanted to write a…read morereview on the house I rented on 315 N St during the month of July 2025 from ARTHUR RUE AGENCY. Over the last 5 years of renting this home and spending around $64,300 in rent, this month was the absolute worst! Every year the house has gotten more and more warn down with the owner putting no work into keeping it up to date. I haven't seen one new thing placed in the home over the past 5 years. I am not even sure how it passed code enforcement. Do you think they could even have a working toaster?! I even had to buy a couch cover to place over the couch cushions due to the smell and stains that were present throughout it.
Even better was the outside couch that my son-in-law fell through just while sitting and drinking coffee one morning. His arm still hurts from hitting the concrete. I also think its odd that there is not one railing on the outside steps in the back yard, which caused another family member to fall and severely sprain her ankle as she had no railing to hold onto. The railing in the front of the house isn't much better as that one is also broken!
Over the 5 years I have been renting this home, I have complained about that washer and dryer not working. During this month, of course, the severely outdated washer and dryer finally decided to stop working. Not only did it break, but we had to be the ones to change our schedules to make sure we were there for the delivery of the new one. And just to remind you, the washer and dryer is located in the only bathroom in the house. So that was extremely convenient :)
The best place that the owner thought to store the broken washer and dryer pieces was also directly at the bottom of the backyard outside steps. This caused our family to have to climb over the pieces and thus unable to move our bikes from the backyard. We would have gone out the other side exit on the far end of the house, but that side held all of the owner's broken chairs that she didn't feel like getting rid of.
Let's also discuss the closets and drawers in the house. Before you can even place clothes in a drawer, you have to make sure to remove the bras, underwear, towels, bed sheets, rugs, and comforters that are already in the drawers and place them in multiple garbage bags. And then place the garbage bags in the only available storage area in the house: the top bunk bed. Guess we won't be using that anymore!
After this rental month from hell, I spoke to code enforcement in Seaside Park. They asked me why I had rented this house for 5 years. I told her it was all about the convenience of putting my kayak directly into the bay from the backyard and having my coffee overlooking the beautiful scenery (which was thankfully not part of the house because I'm sure the owner would have found a way to ruin it). I took this house "as is" just to enjoy the serene mornings of life at the bay. However, the disrespect I have had to endure over this last summer from the owner and Arthur Rue Agency, 315 N St will be open for rent in July 2026. If you do rent it though, let this be a warning. If anything were to break, need replacing, or you have any problem, do not expect the issue to be dealt with with the professionalism or swiftness that you would expect from an owner and a real estate company.
That being said, if anyone has a bay front property for rent, please let me know! My kayak, my coffee, and myself would love to rent from you!