It's rare that an Airbnb exceeds my expectations; the pictures truly don't do this home justice. The space was fantastic. Very clean with homey touches. The pool and views were spectacular and the kitchen had so many gadgets that enabled us to cook all our meals there.
while the home itself is well maintained, be prepared to do significantly more than just reserve through Airbnb. this is through another rental company that requires you to sign an additional rental agreement and send in photo IDs and paperwork to be able to stay in the HOA monitored estates who take HOA rules very seriously (we almost got sited for not brining garbage cans up to the home when we were not told we needed to do so by equity) and they are very strict about the two car maximum rule.
Another thing that left a bad taste in our mouths and what prompts me to give a 4 instead of an overall 5 was their handling of the COVID 19 pandemic. we initially booked this trip in November 2019 for May of 2020. once we got near our trip date and the state shut down preventing our entrance, Equity refused to give us a refund and cancel the reservation. In order for us to not lose any money on the trip they made us reschedule to a different time which made us incur addition flight expenses and issues with our previously requested time off from work.
So overall I would rate the house a solid 6 out of 5 but the rental process was a bit of a headache. We also paid for the beach package with snorkels and paddle boards but when we arrived there were no snorkel sets and one of the two paddle boards was missing an oar. the home was also missing a few listed essentials but the manager was very quick to respond and friendly and equity gave us a full refund on the beach package which was greatly appreciated.
This is a very long way to say that while the process of getting there was intensive, the home made it 110% worth it.