I initially thought this was a cute place and although it didn't have air conditioning, we chose to rent it anyway. That was a big mistake! Besides the fact that it was hot inside the condo almost the entire time we were there, we were still generally happy until the 3rd day of our stay. We returned to the condo to find a cockroach running around in the bathroom shower. I immediately contacted the host and was told that it was normal.. well we've stayed on the island 2 other times for 10 days each and have never encountered one single cockroach during those stays so I really don't appreciate the host minimizing the issue. In an effort to be flexible and somewhat reasonable, I allowed the host to enter the condo to treat the "back corners of the cabinets and some areas along the baseboards." Although I appreciate the prompt response, they never reached out again to let us know that it had been taken care of.
I on the other hand, cringed every time (literally every night) when I took a shower just knowing that a nasty cockroach had been running around in that very shower. I had anxiety for the rest of my trip, worried that the cockroaches would crawl into our luggages and come home with us.. I also had trouble sleeping.. thinking it could crawl into our ears at night while we slept and lay eggs in our brains.
To the naked eye, everything looks clean and intact however, I also found several blonde hairs in the stack of "clean" towels. What I found to be extremely gross was the opened bottles of condiments in the refrigerator and cupboards: everything from olive oil, to strawberry jam, to relish, to mustard, ketchup, sherry vinegar, hot sauce, salad dressing, etc; Eeew, just eew!
I had considered not writing a review, and just letting it go until today when I received an accusatory email from the host requesting money to pay 1/2 for replacing a comforter that supposedly had a blood stain on it. The audacity! First of all, we didn't even sleep in the 2nd bedroom that had the supposed blood stain. The photo that the host sent me looked like an old stain (not a fresh blood stain), which I couldn't even see until she directed me to "zoom in!" Secondly, they should be offering us a partial refund for renting out a dirty vacation home.
So here's my story and I'm sticking to it (this is what I told the host): We are decent humans and I would be the first to own up to something that was our fault. Neither myself, my husband or my baby had any cuts, or a bleeding nose during our stay and I personally did not notice any blood anywhere on any of the bedding during our stay and upon check out.