Let me start out by saying that I have nothing negative to say about Amy or the interior of the condo we rented. All negative ratings and comments are because of the exterior environment, on which I will elaborate later.
As I mentioned above, Amy was great to deal with. From my purchase to, unfortunately, my refund I really felt like she was trying to put me and my wife first. She’s a great host. The interior of the condo was beautiful. It was a small, but very spacious, studio-like apartment that was very clean and well decorated. I would’ve loved to finish our stay here, but there’s one issue with that. The location.
The condos are located in a decent enough looking neighborhood, but as we were arriving I could tell that the neighborhood behind the condo was pretty shifty. It’s mostly government-style housing complexes and there were a lot of questionable individuals walking around. The main access to the condos are actually in the alley way between the government housing and the condo building itself. I try to be a decent human being and not judge people by their situation, and my wife and I were more than willing to give the condo a try. We went to dinner the first night of our arrival and returned around 10:30pm. My wife was exhausted and went straight to sleep, while I stayed up watching tv. And thankfully I did. I little before 11:30pm I heard a large commotion in the alley behind the apartment complex. I open the blinds and saw about 10 teenagish looking boys standing in the alley. I then noticed that several of them were inside of the car parked right next to ours. I immediately got up and ran outside, to which the boys fled the area. I then realized that they had busted out a window in the car beside ours and stolen everything they could find. Luckily I was still awake or our vehicle probably would’ve been next.
This is what’s so frustrating about this property. It’s so beautiful on the inside, and the owner is as good as they get. But the location is terrible. If there were more security features behind the complex, or parking in the front away from the alleyway, I think the situation would be much different. My wife and I ended up finding another hotel after the break in and stayed there the remainder of the weekend. Amy was very understanding of the whole situation and refunded our money very quickly. I’ll let everyone be the judge of how they proceed.