Below I will list what we enjoyed and where we saw opportunities for improvement:
- Close to the ocean, though not oceanfront and no ocean view from unit, apartment does have beach access.
- Host: was very responsive and accommodating (though a bit forgetful about what was promised and required several reminders).
- Good location: Walking distance to 7-11, Walmart, and numerous other shops and restaurants. About 10 min drive to the Hollywood Broadwalk.
- We were pleasantly surprised to find beach toys and body boards in the closet left over from prior tenants.
- There were also 6 folding chairs and 1 umbrella available for use on beach.
Opportunities
- Even though apartment is visibly very clean my husband did get bit by bed bugs, he slept on living room couch and kept waking up with new bite marks on him each morning. I reached out to owner and recommended he get apartment professionally/deep cleaned as pretty unsettling and wouldn’t want other guests to be affected. He said it never happened before.
- Building is old (built in the 70s) and has a weird smell about it (not owners fault of course). Bathrooms and kitchen in apartment are original so a few updates could do wonders!
- Master bath could use some towel drying racks or hooks to hang up wet towels.
- We cook occasional breakfast/dinner and found only 1 of the burners was in working order.
- For 4 people, there were only 3 adult size forks. The rest of the forks were tiny, toddler size.
Overall this is a nice, spacious apartment in good location and great for families.