Overall, we loved our stay here with a few non-deal-breaker issues.
The good: The upstairs is light, and comfortable, and thoughtfully put together. The lanai is perfect, with views of mountains. We enjoyed sipping our morning coffee watching the mountains, clouds, chickens and waterfalls. The downstairs bedrooms are fine, just bedrooms and were perfect for sleeping.
The pool was great for the kids, and the proximity to some walking trails down to the beach was A++.
The not great:
This place felt like it has been booked solid back to back for a long time without a deep cleaning. The walls were scuffed, there were pubes(!) on the soap bars in the downstairs bathroom, glass tables had fingerprints and smudges visible on the undersides, the light switches had crud built up on them (that we easily cleaned off but still), and the couches and pillows upstairs were pretty filthy (they felt sticky to the touch and were visibly stained and dirty from wear). The towels and blankets were stained as well, and fan blades in the rooms and the air vent in the bathroom was caked with dust.
We chose not to address this with the hosts directly during our stay because frankly, these things weren’t deal-breakers. But honestly, it should never have been that way in the first place, and we didn’t want to hassle with the back-and-fourth about having a cleaning crew come in or debating the relative cleanliness of it during our short time together on vacation.
In the end, we put some linens over the couches, cleaned some greasy surfaces, and went on with our stay. It didn’t ruin it, but it just felt…. Sticky..
(We noticed another older review from a few months ago had the same concerns, and a ‘deep cleaning’ was promised. But we honestly didn’t see evidence of that). Maybe this place just gets a ton of traffic and there are no gaps between stays for cleaning.
We had contacted the hosts about a small issue with the hot shower, which wasn’t a big deal, and they were responsive. But we didn’t want to spend any more time interacting about the not-great-stuff - and chose to focus on on the good things).
If we had to assign a percentage to good vs bad at this condo, we’d still come out positively. Let’s say 75% good to 25% ‘other’. All in all we were happy here. Just would have liked a little bit more care put into the cleaning.
If you aren’t bothered by a little dirt, you’ll enjoy your time here. The lanai makes it worth it IMHO.
Thanks for reading.