First and foremost, this house is huge, spacious and accommodated my friends and family for our annual Girls Trip 2018 (December 7th to December 11th) which was a group of 16 this year. I want to give it to you STRAIGHT, NO CHASER. Upon our arrival we were greeted by LEO & GEORGE. Leo was charming and set all the ground rules and expectations, then there was George who was right down the street and a phone call away. George is the MAIN reason I have NOT asked for at least ONE DAY FULL REFUND. Now let’s get to the PROS and CONS with this property.
PROS—-The pictures are accurate as far as the bedrooms, bathrooms, front and back of house are concerned. (Looks can be deceiving (we will come back to this shortly))The neighborhood is safe and family friendly. The neighbors across the street had a nice size party going on well into the night. (No worries, we did not come to all the way MIAMI, FL to sleep) Location of property perfectly situated between Ft. Lauderdale and Miami about 25 to 30 minutes each way. The HOLLYWOOD BOARDWALK, WALMART and PLUBLIX all about 15 to 20 minutes away...........You cannot go wrong there.
CONS—The pictures CANNOT tell you that this house has a MAJOR PLUMBING problem. My guests were taking showers in the Master bedroom bathroom and the front bedroom bath the first day we checked in, water began to back up in the first bedroom closest to the front of the house. I had to run to the linen closet to get the towels to stop the water from going in the front bedroom where my neice, cousin and sister-in-law all slept during the trip. In the meantime, here comes my cohost with that look that makes you go, “WHAT??!!” then she proceeds to tell me there is BLUE toliet water in the tub in the common area bathroom. Ugh!!! I should have been getting dressed to go out. (that was shot to hell). Sixteen women in a house with plumbing issues. (not happening) Now, I have a group of pissed off women all looking at me, and all I can say is..... SORRY! George comes with some guy named Chris but he is not the owner. Here are a few more things I think you should know then you make the determination on whether or not you would like to put up with this headache. The refrigerator ICE MAKER does not work. The patio door did not have a working lock, the remedy to that I was told that there is a piece of wood to put in the door to keep it locked. The garbage disposal did not work our entire stay. The front door sticks and difficulty opening at times and it had two locks but you will get and one key. The Master bathroom has a sliding door that does not work, the owner has put up a curtain for your privacy. (I was like WHAT???!!!, are you KIDDING me???!!! The blinds across the back patio doors were broken, missing or not working....OMG!!!
CONCLUSION——-The way I see it is, money is being collected on this property, however, nothing is being put back into this property. I surely hope that the owner (Christopher, Leo whoever you are) takes the time to fix these problems with this property or Airbnb will be issuing some major refunds. As I stated previously, had George not been so nice to me, and my group I would have called Airbnb that same night. I read one negative review where the previous renter wanted her money back and now I know why. I do thank her for disclosing the fact that she took pictures. NEWSFLASH so did we (my cohost and I) and shot TWO VIDEOS too.
In closing, BUYER BEWARE.......if NOT I promise you, you will be writing the same review AND asking for your money back. Trust me, if it was not for the size of the group (16 total) I had, I would have gone straight to SEMINOLE HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO.
****Disclaimer——WORD TO THE WISE——What you see is NOT ALWAYS what you will get
*****To the owner fixing all of the above will make for an AWESOME property and WONDERFUL stay in the SUNSHINE STATE.