My husband and I stayed at Matthews place for the whole month of March in Ft. Lauderdale with our 2 kids under 3. We had a nice trip, but the place was not what was shown in the listing. We showed up to extremely dirty floors (so filthy that our feet were all black) and also dirty tinfoil in the oven. Looked like pizza had been heated up or something from the last guests. The oven in the pictures was nicer/newer than the one that is actually in the unit. The second bedroom had no dresser or anywhere to put clothes/belongings, even though there is a dresser in the listing pictures. There was a hand soap dispenser in the bathroom, but it was completely empty. We had to buy hand soap, a swiffer, a working broom (bc the dust pan there was broken), among other items. We left them all in the house, so you are welcome if you do rent the place :) There are lizards all over the backyard, which I absolutely love! I have a pet lizard myself actually, but there is also lizard poop all over the backyard and also on the pool deck. And it’s not just tiny lizards. There are massive iguanas too (you know what I mean). I asked one of the men working on the property one day if he would mind cleaning up the lizard poop and his response was “I wouldn’t have even known it was there!” and he never actually cleaned it up. So, the backyard is not exactly safe for kids to run around in with poop everywhere despite the listing stating “kid friendly”. Lastly, and this is a BIG one, the air conditioning units are old and moldy. Very moldy. The place wreaks and my husband tried to buy cleaner for them, but it didn’t work. The smell coming from them is damp and musty just like mold. You can literally see the mold in the second bedroom unit and my son slept in there breathing that in for a month. Our clothes stunk so bad when we got back home from our vacation that I had to rewash clean clothes. Mold is a health hazard and I guess if you are staying here for a week, it’s not so terrible... but this is probably not the best place to stay any longer than that!
I also want to add that I have seen Matthews responses to other negative reviews he has received and between those and dealing with him first hand- I know he will reply to this by blaming everything on me or something other than himself. The blame game seems to be his MO. RENTERS BEWARE!
-Christie