Pros: View from Deck (And most places here seem to have views.), soft bed and quiet at night.
Cons: Check in was at 3:00pm, I was given permission to drop things off early, but when I got there at 2:30pm, the condo was still a mess from the previous occupants. So much for COVID cleaning promises. I texted the owner. He said he would find out. He text back that housekeeper had an emergency and didn’t show up. The company sent over 2 then 3 other folks to clean, but did not show up until 3:10. It took them about 45 minutes to clean, but questionable cleaning, such as taking the dishes out of the dishwasher and hand washing one at a time (Dishes were to be cleaned in high temperature due to COVID.) I asked if the dishwasher wasn’t working, she said it was, but she decided to hand wash. (I purchased bamboo plates, cups and silverware at the grocery store.) I did not see any extra COVID cleaning steps happening. I had to point out places on the walls for them to clean. Thank goodness I brought along a large tub of Clorox Cleaning wipes so I could clean all areas myself. Not everyone guest will. So they left about 4pm. I was going to run into town to get groceries. I found that the back door would not lock. I texted the owner and he said someone would come check it out later. I told him I had to go into town to get groceries and I would be back. I had to use a shoe lace to tie up the door to the desk. There are stairs coming from common area to the deck. I got into the golf cart and the windows are so filthy, you can not see out of them. The front windshield, when the sun hit it, you could not see anything on the road, and I almost hit a small deer on the road. When I got back, the lock was not fixed and I texted that I was back. He said someone would be there in 30 minutes. Someone showed up, but they came with NO TOOLS. How do you fix a lock with NO TOOLS? She said they would be back tomorrow between 10 to noon with tools. So I had to leave the shoe lace on the door at night. Later that night, I decided to turn on the TV at 8pm, and the remote was dead. I texted the owner asking if he had batteries anywhere and he texted back “It worked for the previous guests” and if I pressed the right buttons. I do know how to work a remote and obviously the batteries were dead. He told me to tell the people who will come tomorrow to fix the lock. (Couldn’t he tell them to bring batteries?) So I asked if they could bring window washing liquid so I could clean the golf cart windows and windshield as well, that is was dangerous. He sent me a Thumbs Up. The next morning, I found a lot of stains on the towels that I did not feel I wanted to use. I waited for the folks to show up with batteries and to fix the lock. By 12:30, I texted and heard back at 1pm that he would find out. He said “They were having hard time finding someone to come fix the lock”. But they said the day before, they would bring tools themselves and fix it. So this meant I would not get batteries or window washing liquid as well, I guess. So I used my Clorox Wipes and tried to clean the wind shield as best and I could on the driver side, as I had a tour at 2pm I had to get to. (I mentioned this to everyone before.) So I did my tour and decided to go fill up with gas. (Had issues as the gas station, but that is not the owner’s fault. ) When I got back to condo, the lock still was not fixed and still no remote batteries. I just gave up. At 8PM, I had my PJ on, ready to go to bed, and she showed up with the batteries for the remote. This has not been a very relaxing vacation and I really would never stay or recommend this place. There are other places in this complex that have just as nice views that could be rented that maybe are kept up better. The front door is very hard to unlock, the bedroom window is broken and will not close all the way and the screens are torn. Missing window crank covers. The fireplace cover does not open, and no wood, that I could see, to make a fire. The fan above the shower does not work. All the pictures on the walls were askew when I got there, as well, which was odd. (I fixed). The white curtains have holes in them and are very dirty. The toilet paper roll holder in the bathroom is not held on by a screw and falls off easily.