The location was great and the young ladies running the apartment building are very sweet and helpful, but the apartment itself has a few quirks.
Upon check-in the bedroom had been set up with a baby bed instead of a cot. The young lady that checked us in was quick to correct it and it wasn’t a big deal.
The seagulls are ridiculously loud all night long. I’m not sure if it was a special breeding time (July), but I wouldn’t use the word tranquil to describe the apartment, although the apartment is in a quiet neighborhood.
None of the doors in the apartment would stay open and slammed really hard. There are a few door stops, but not enough. We wedged paper under the doors to make it work.
We couldn’t get the TV to work, but one of the young ladies assisted us. The cable had been unplugged during cleaning.
After our first outing we returned to the apartment and were locked out. New keys had just been made, but didn’t work correctly. This should have been tested in advance. We waited in the hall about 30 minutes trying to call and knock.
The instructions given for the garage door should be more clear. Our first day out, we went out the door and opened the garage door, but it didn’t stay open long enough for us to pull the car out of the garage. We were then locked out of the building and locked in the garage. Luckily, after knocking and explaining it to another guest, they opened the door and let us in so that one of us could go out the front door. I’m not sure how a single person would navigate this. This being said, it was great to have free easy parking onsite!
The sink in the bathroom has only cold water or very hot water. It doesn’t mix. The shower/tub is pretty high to get into and out of. Our children needed help getting in and out. The water heater makes a continuous ticking noise. We had to shut the bedroom door to sleep at night.
Overall it was a very basic place to stay. The pictures look a bit nicer than the actual apartment. There wasn’t any one thing that made the apartment unbearable, it was just a ton of little things that added up.