I never have to leave a bad review so it’s hard to know what to say. When I was 19 I would have stayed at a place like this with no problem, as a 25 y/o I was disappointed and feel like I wasted money here. We stayed in room 204.
I’ll start with the good.. Pros: 1. Location, it is 5 minutes walk to the beach, 5 minutes in one direction to grocery stores and 10 minutes walk in the opposite direction for restaurants and shops. Awesome.
2. It is as pictured.
3. Staff allowed us to keep our suitcase in their office after checkout since we had a few hours before our flight back home. (It is a small office and seemingly only had room for our one suitcase so this might not always be the case..) Nevertheless it was thoughtful.
Cons: 1. Cleanliness.. The room could benefit from a DEEP clean. I have stayed in many Airbnb’s (mostly in Fort Lauderdale) this was the most unclean. The walls need washed down for starters. There is food splattered on the kitchen walls. Dust hanging from the ceiling and covering the blinds. There was gnats/bugs lurking in the kitchen. Surfaces were sticky. The room had an unclean feel and smell. And it made me wonder if there was clean linen in the rooms.. the waiver I had to sign promised housekeeping daily, however they only came once with new towels and made the bed (not new sheets, just made the bed) I could go on, but I digress. We made our time to only be there to shower and sleep so it was manageable but I was really disappointed by this.
2. Communication.. The host was not responsive. I reached out multiple times with questions that went unanswered. When it came time for check in I reached out again and all I got was ‘If you check in after 4:30 there will be a note at the office for you’ sure enough at 5pm there was a note taped to the door with my name on it that said room number and the lock code to collect the room key... I don’t know how I feel about this. It seemed unsafe. (The key was there and the room seemed undisturbed so I let this one go.) There was no other instruction. Usually hosts send a message with instructions for the property before check in and check out. When I reached out to see what they would like done in preparation for check out, take the garbage out, strip the bed?? No response.. Communication is so important, again this was disappointing.
3. Doors do not close completely. You have to wiggle the front door to put the deadbolt on when inside. When leaving the property, the key only works for the knob itself not the deadbolt..
4. Outlets are not secured to walls
I don’t know that I would stay at this property again. If improvements were made, maybe, but there are endless places to stay in this area that might be money better spent.