I recognise that Villa Miguel is one of the more inexpensive villa's in resort for its size but both internally and externally it is very dated. Very. The ensuite toilet has to be hurdled to enter the walk in shower. The lack of sufficient shade on the south facing front makes it impossible to use the outside table. A simple sail awning cover across the front patio would make for more comfortable eating in the afternoon and evening. The outside chairs wobble badly and anybody over 15 stone would simply break them in an instant. All 6 chairs. The outside table clearly had never been cleaned.
The timing for the air conditioning is farcical. Anybody that has ever been abroad knows how important it is to be able to get dressed for the evening in relative cool. The air con does not turn on until 8pm - by that time most people are already out. The result is 28 degrees (30 in two of the bedrooms) whilst trying to change after a shower. This is made much. much worse by the total lack of air conditioning in the living room/dining room and no way of screening the heat from entering the kitchen window.
All 3 wardrobes contained a strong smell of damp. Strong. To not be able to supply simple mdf unit and proper drawers in all 3 wardrobes and a decent amount of hangers is pretty basic and left a lot to be desired. During our stay we found that 2 of the clothes hooks in bedrooms simply fall off the wall should anything more than a piece of kitchen roll be placed on them.
All of this doesn't even begin to look at the farcical need to chase a high chair and a cotbed (and to be told by cleaners who were running 20 mins late so they were still cleaning beyond the already late check in time of 4pm that we would get some but they couldn't guarantee when). This was resolved by the Solmar team. But it is shocking in reality.
Finally and the most farcical is the 'pool cleaner'. A man that entered the villa gates whenever he fancied every single morning. Spoke not a word of English. One day sprinkled the front grass for 5 minutes before leaving. A second time running his finger over limescale in the pool before leaving it for a further day. Never once did he use a net to clean the pool. Scrubbed half of it one day and only did the other half the following day when I asked him. One lovely morning not only did he enter but also what looked like his son and his grand daughter. Totally and utterly unprofessional.
It's a simple villa. Friendly staff. Relatively efficient. A great location. A great size pool. Decent size rooms. But requires some TLC.