Solid two stars. I added another just to be nice.
Check in was a breeze. The place was alright. Certainly not worth the price. The “ocean view” listed in the title is quite a bit of a stretch. There’s a small sliver of ocean if you squint your eyes. It’s funny, because now looking back at the post and photos, the solar panels on the building next door literally make it look like the ocean - HA! The listing should of stated “giant palm tree/solar panel roof view”.
Kate, the host texted me the day before we checked in to make sure we had put down the correct amount of guests for “insurance” purposes and also snuck in there that there is a camera on premise so they’ll know how many when we check in. Ok. I confirmed we had three adults and my toddler son. They changed the guest number on my reservation and all was fine. Then David, the other host, texted me about a half hour after we checked in to AGAIN confirm the amount of guests, because I assume he watched us check in on the ring camera on the front door. I didn’t think it was necessary to confirm my sons age, I figured saying “toddler son” was descriptive enough the day before. Well apparently not. David sent me two messages during the first day of our stay demanding an extra $115 for my son. He said it stated it said in his listing (in the “house rules”) that it’s an extra $50/person/day. I have screen shots of his whole listing and no where did it state that. ALSO - there is one bed and a pull out couch. There was nothing extra provided to us to even justify an extra $115. There wasn’t
even any bedding! We had a sheet, and a couple throws to be split in between the pull out couch and the bed. There wasn’t even a comforter on the bed.
Aside from that annoying experience, there were glasses that weren’t cleaned, gross. The pull out couch mattress had disgusting stains on it. Like sweat or pee stains. Gross. The screen on the windows and sliding glass doors have huge holes in them so we couldn’t enjoy open air flow without the fear of bugs or lizards coming in. Thank god none did. But it’s ironic that there was a whole paragraph sent to me about how the sliding glass door should never be left open without the screen up because bugs will get it. Well maybe if they replaced the screens with the giant holes, that would help. There was also gaps to the outside where the ac was installed. Also a great way for bugs and lizards to get in. There were missing blinds on the sliding glass doors making it extremely uncomfortable for the two people sleeping on the pull out couch.
The shower was awful. Every 5 seconds it switched from ice cold to scorching hot. Literally — no exaggeration. SO UNPLEASANT.
The plus sides — the location was nice. Walking distance to the beach, short drive to shopping, restaurants, ect.
Would I recommend this place? It wasn’t the worst place, but it certainly wasn’t as described.