I’d like to preface that the hosts and property manager (?) we’re extremely friendly and accommodating. I couldn’t ask for better hosts. Whenever I had an issue with anything with the apartment. They would quickly address it. The apartment also came with a few beach items such as two pairs of snorkel goggles and fins, two chairs, and 2 pairs of beach towels.
The reason they aren’t getting a perfect score is more so because of the description. My girlfriend and I stayed at the Airbnb for a month and several things made it rather difficult living there.
First off, the description mentions the rental prefers long term stays, however, in the living area, there’s only really a coffee table for you to eat on, which isn’t ideal. For a month long stay, you naturally won’t be eating out everyday, so it would have been much nicer to have an actual table to eat on, since you’ll probably be cooking. The area is quite spacious, so there’s definitely room for one.
Secondly, the owner does mention that the hot water takes time to heat up, but I didn’t realize this meant after about 15-20 minutes of use. We couldn’t take back to back showers because the water would cool down so fast, so we had to take them at least 45 minutes apart to get hot water again. The apartment does have a pullout bed, so this could fit four people, but I can’t imagine how long everyone would have to wait to get showered after a long day at the beach.
Next, there were a few issues overall with the apartment that made our day to days more of a hassle such as the toilet paper roll being slanted, the shower handle is a little gimmicky to get right, there were no hand towels so I had to buy some as to not waste paper towels unnecessarily, and no hand soap, which ended up being provided by Jeannie later. Just a few small things I would hope an Airbnb would take care of for guests.
Lastly, this isn’t so much the owner’s fault, but issues with the apartment. The owner mentions that there may be construction through our stay, but I didn’t think they would literally be drilling right on our doorsteps. It was excruciatingly loud for about 4 hours of the day and if we wanted to leave, had to walk around the construction workers. There was also a garbage truck every morning at 4am which woke us up every morning
Overall, we had several issues which made staying here for a month unpleasant. The overall space and location was amazing. I just felt like the space could be better used and a little more accommodating for guests.
Again, the hosts are extremely friendly and I can see this being a great place to stay in the future, but with how things were for my stay, I would say you should only stay here for 1-2 weeks max.