Willcox House, Seabeck

Just returned from our (what was supposed to be) two days/ nights stay at the Wilcox house. The grounds were breathtaking, the water view and side garden spectacular!!! The house was charming,old and kept essentially clean. We were in Colonel's and Julian's room- cute, but really showing its age. The highly praised hot tub is basically just a square jetted tub, only this one had nice cobwebs on the bottom. We traveled with my mother and our four year old girl, and we checked prior to making the reservation if the hosts had any issues with our daughter's age, and were told no. Well, folks with kids, do NOT believe a word they are saying!! The hosts are not at all forward about this issue, they just want you to book the room in low season. These people don't like kids, don' want to have anything to do with kids, and they behave as if kids were little monsters ( don't look them in the eye, maybe they'll go away ) From the very first moment of our stay there, they acted fairly annoyed, they were not friendly, just merely tolerant of us, so we really did not see the praised " hospitality " quoted on this review board. In fact,after dealing with their annoyed attitude for one night, we've decided to leave, despite paying for the whole two-( we booked two rooms :one for my husband and I, the other for my mother and my little girl , so the final bill was pretty steep) When we left, the owner( Cecilia ) did not even blink, not one question, but felt compelled to mention that she is " not mad " . Mad at whom????!! Of course she was not mad, she was happy!!! She got payed in full, including 18% service charge for dinner!! Not even one attempt to compensate us for the inconvenience, they simply did not care!! We should have been the ones to be mad, I think, given the service and the fact that we had to cut our trip short so that we can avoid feeling like intruders... Bottom line: if you have small children and like warm and friendly hosts, skip Wilcox House. Your child will be bored to tears, and there is a good chance you will be too.You get ten times better service and even better views in any bed and breakfast in Hawaii, for example. We will never return.