This apartment is awesome! Perfect location for walking to everything in Folly Beach. Beds are…read morecomfy, plenty of pillows (very comfy as well), plenty of storage, has washer/dryer - I mean, they really thought of everything! Folly itself is just lovely. So quirky and beautiful! Definitely will be going back!

From the owner: Welcome to Folly Beach, SC! Ever wish you had a friend with a beach house in Charleston, South…read moreCarolina? Now you do. Our historic Folly Beach luxury vacation rentals are fully renovated, pet-friendly, and offer hotel-style amenities. Our family has lived on Folly Beach for more than two decades, and is one of the premier luxury homebuilders in Charleston. We combine our love of Folly Beach with our building expertise and high standards to bring you historic, fun, luxury Folly Beach vacation rentals like no other. If you're looking for the perfect dog-friendly vacation rental or beach rental in Charleston, you found it.

Worst start to a vacation EVER.. House was disgustingly…read morefilthy. Office was most UNhelpful...did not even care...left at 6pm regardless of the fact that our 8 guest party was extremely unsatisfied and grossed out. A cleaning lady was called and Kendall was the best thing that happened all day...she honesty tried to make it the way it should be. She started with the bathrooms (gross!), while WE cleaned the kitchen and washed dishes. Maintenance guy Mike went after hours to get a new window AC unit for the one downstairs that must be 25 years old and non-functionong. I cannot believe that anyone would think it's ok to want people to pay their hard earned money for a place in this condition. Will NEVER recommend this property company.. EVER....

Our rental house had a lot going for it: near beach and town, big deck, great layout, well equipped…read morekitchen and clean inside. But other issues lead us to conclude that the mgmt is "casual." Issues: twin sheet on full mattress, filthy outdoor shower, sliding doors that don't open, weeds 2' hi, no umbrella for table that takes umbrella, trash in driveway. Also BBQ was left full of old coals - really gross. Impression is that they hire minimal cleaning stuff that just runs thru a minimal checklist. Biggest disappointment was mgmt decision to install new ac when it just needed new filter (old filter was completely coated) . So we were without ac for several hrs and avocet did not offer any gesture of goodwill like a credit or pay for a dinner out. Avocet rep Mandolin was pleasant and responsive in dealing with a/c. Other reps were either no help or actually snippy. Hard to believe....

I just looked at reviews and one girl showed bedbugs and she was all bitten up! You can't get rid…read moreof those easily. I can't believe no one addressed this from the hotel!

BED BUGS in treehouse room (5/31/25).. cool property with great access to beach & stores, but…read morehusband & I woke up in the middle of the night covered in swollen itchy bites. Looked around the beg & found bed bugs. Obviously shocking so we left by 5am to the laundromat to treat everything (spent $40 & ruined $200 of shoes and a dress). As expected, the manager denied an issue and said they didn't see anything or even that it could be a tick or something I picked up during the day? She definitely downplayed the situation and tried to shift blame. That said, she did say they'd send out an exterminator so hopefully the owner takes it seriously and treats the rooms. Owner called me a scammer & liar, as if I benefited at all from the situation.. A nightmare situation so wanted to make others aware so they can check the beds before unpacking/sleeping or pick another well-located property.

I always feel these reviews are just for people with negative remarks. Yet how could you be…read morenegative on Folly Beach.(its not for everyone) If you don't like it I would suggest the Isle of Palms. It is located in North Charleston. We called realtors in Charleston to show us property for sale and they could not be bothered. A bit push and not very friendly. We called and ask for a realtor form Fred Holland to show us property on short notice. John Byram He was very nice and was laid back and was not pressuring us. We look at one home and made sure we had all the info when we showed up at the house. We make plans to go back the next weekend to see more. He actually postponed a person trip to show us homes that weekend. He had all the housed mapped out and all the information on each home again. We finally found the home and put in an offer. He helped us through the process. We went above and beyond to even get us a full est. of the rental prices. The entire team has lots of knowledge of Folly Beach. We rent a house multiple times of the year. And have became friends with the owner. I have no clue how people could say they are not friendly. I have never met an unfriendly person on the island. If you want a big fancy house be prepared to spent up to 5,000.00 a week. If you are there to just enjoy the beach and not have to worry about sand in the house. You get what you pay for. Most services for the rentals, cleaning and linen are contracted out. I know they would have called the service to fix any issue. As for beach towels.. who would go to the beach with out brining their own. You can even buy them at the shop before the island for cheap. I would recommend them to my friends and family. We have also became friends with our realtor. Cannot wait to call Folly Home! Judith Fregia

This low score is not because of the house, which is Folly-shabby and we love it (have rented it 4…read moretimes). We have been renting houses on Folly since 1982, and for a long time it was Fred Holland every year. The low score is because we will not rent from Fred Holland again. 1. Most serious problem. A year before our vacation I paid a fee to reserve this house for our desired dates. When the new year came the new prices were set, and I paid the first part of the fee. A couple of months before vacation I got a reminder to pay the balance. No problem. THEN we got an email from Fred Holland that the owner had decided to raise the price -- $1000 per week! With the increased taxes and fees, it was almost $2400. We phoned and explained that we were longtime customers and this just was not right. They promised to call the owner and ask an exception for us. (Meantime we asked a real estate lawyer and he pointed out the contract says "prices subject to change"--which meant we had no case. They had every right to suddenly jump the cost $2400, two months before our vacation. ) We kept phoning and leaving messages, 6 or 8 times, and no one called us back. Finally we got a call that the owners agreed to make an exception. Sheesh! That makes us alert to never again rent from Fred Holland, and never again accept a contract that says "Prices subject to change." It's a shame because we've rented from FH maybe 20 times with no problems. 2. A few days into our 2-week rental, the TV in the living room stopped supplying sound. We phoned and they said they'd ask the owner for a replacement. We phoned again a few days later. No replacement ever came. Try telling your kids on vacation that the TV doesn't work. 3. Much of the living room upstairs lost electricity. They sent someone who said the problem was inside the wall and they wouldn't repair it at that time because we wouldn't want to cope with drywall installation during vacation. Use an extension cord. We discovered accidentally that the problem was inside one of the electric sockets. A little pressure on the socket turned the electricity on. We phoned, and they said they had an electrician scheduled for after our vacation and would it be all right to live with the problem for the remaining days of vacation. We agreed. Not happy. I would give the house itself a much higher score (you have to expect it's going to be Folly-shabby). But these were bad experiences with the Fred Holland company and we won't rent from them again.

We stayed in the roof shack. Folly Beach is a treasure. Katt and Sam met us on arrival and made us…read morefeel right at home. The condo was very clean and nice, about a 5 minute walk to the beach. Cold AC! They took time to explain things about the town and helped make our stay memorable. We will most definitely be back. Loved it!! A++. Book your stay and get ready to have fun and relax! Good luck!!

The Waters Edge Inn was so cute and amazing!! My husband and I stayed here for our honeymoon and I…read morewish we could have stayed longer. The room was a perfect size and I loved the bathroom with the soaking tub! Breakfast was awesome every morning with multiple options to choose from. The front desk staff were very sweet every time. I know they mention it online, but just to emphasize, there are a lot of stairs!!! If you book on the top floor, you will be going up like four flights of stairs!! It made a great workout for us though! I can't wait to come back here one day. Picture is of dole whip from a very cute ice cream truck down the road. Everything is easy to walk to from the inn, but they also have a golf cart and can drop you off somewhere if need be!

Water's Edge was absolutely wonderful. The location was close enough and easily walkable to all…read morethe places we wanted to go. The staff (special shoutout to Bri and Scarlett) was really courteous, kind and helpful--definitely exuding that Southern Hospitality! Our room was beautiful, the entire Inn radiated fun and friendly vibes!

Sadly, some people don't bother to read the FAQ's or fine print when they book a property…read more Then when something happens like a Hurricane, they become angry with the property and write a negative review. My family group of 10 stayed here over the Easter Holiday and had a fantastic experience. There were 4 kids and it was perfect for them as well. The listing and details of amenities was just as advertised. Before we checked in, we got visit from Holly, one of the Property Managers. She wanted to do a 'walk-thru' to make sure everything was good. We stayed at the Aluha, which we would highly recommend! We especially liked the large parking area below, there is a large screened porch with comfortable sofas and chairs and two outside decks and one with a large gas grill. It's great location just across the street from a beach access point. The only thing that could have made it better was a Keurig coffee maker. Maybe next time?

We arrived at our beach front rental to our disappointment. There are bulldozers right in front of…read moreus blocking the beach view and access for which we paid. They've been running all night...non stop!!! The house is constantly shaking, triggering my vertigo. I haven't slept all night!!!! I left a voicemail to the office in the morning but they simply didn't care. They said there's nothing they can do because their rental agreement said that the city may be working on beach erosion prevention at anytime. However, this is a planned project building out a pipeline along the shore that they didn't mention anything about. This is not acceptable!!! And not good business!

We stayed 2 nights, 3 days. The place was clean, nicely decorated, the room smelled good & we had…read morethe normal hotel room things. Towels, Soaps, Shampoo....It had more of a AirBNB feel to it. Mini Fridge, microwave, coffee maker. Close to everything, enough parking & walking distance to everything. The AC worked well. We will be staying here again. Thank you.

From the start we had a very difficult time getting ahold of anyone about the reservations we made…read moremonths ago and then the money was took out days before we arrived. For the price of the room, it was horrendous. As soon as we walked in we could tell the room has not been cleaned. There were MANY dead roaches in the room. I even slept with one until finding it the last night. There was no where to hang up any clothes or anywhere for storage besides a dresser. The four days we were there no one ever checked on us or came in to clean. When we called and asked for more toilet paper it sent us to someone who doesn't work/live around there. We ended up getting a text later saying they will not be there to get us more until the next day (which was our checkout day), so we had to go buy some.

We are staying on Palm Blvd Isle of Palms,SC and there is a rat problem in the house. Droppings in…read morerooms upstairs and we have seen the rat. We called Dunes properties sent pictures of the rat droppings. We have 2 small children. Dunes properties have said they were getting an exterminator to come to the house however no one has shown up. DO NOT RENT FROM THIS COMPANY.

My mother and I rented this home for Spring Break. Although the home was beautiful, the…read morecleanliness not so much. The day we checked in and went to go to bed that night, we discovered a raised brown stain (looked like feces) on the master bedroom sheets as well has hair all over pillow area of sheets. I did call the after hours # and they did suggest I look for spares in the closets, which I did find ones for the 2 other bedrooms but not the master. There was only a spread in master closet. She did offer to drive from 15 mins away but I decided to sleep in one of the twin beds because it was late and we had driven the whole day, until the following day. I did ask them to please replace all bedding on that bed the next day, but they only replaced the sheets and the put the spread that was on top of the feces looking sheets back on top of the clean sheets. Not one time did the rental office call to see if we needed anything or if everyone was taken care of. Their reply (Becca) was, we figured you would call us if something was not satisfactory. When I am paying $2400 for a 4 night stay, first of all I don't plan to see feces on the sheets and the head part of bed covered in hair......so at check out we brought this up again only to be told we would have to wait till the manager was back in the office and they would contact us......5 days have passed without so much of a call. They said they are very doubtful that what we saw on the sheets were feces and that there were plenty of sheets in unit for me to have put clean ones on myself. Finally, after reaching out again today, they are offering our cleaning fee back. I wanted to laugh, not only were they calling us a liar that what we seen on sheets was not feces.....regardless of what it was......I should not be changing stained sheets or waiting for someone to come and do, for a home that averaged to $600 a night with all fees. The customer service is laughable we found with Charleston Coasts Vacations/Dune Properties. We have rented several units from them over the years but after the unprofessionalism they showed this was out last!!! If you have never rented from them before they want you to strip the beds and put lines at the door when you check out as well as empty all garbage and take to road and run dishwasher.....what is the cleaning fee we paid at reservation for?.....the maids to leave the sheets on bed from the previous renter?.....never again.