I really wanted to like this place more than I did. Positives: room stayed cool, bed was comfy, and I felt like my things were safe locked in the room. Host was very nice. It isn’t a far drive at all from the beach or breakfast options or FT Lauderdale airport, also nice neighborhood. I enjoyed the vegetation and “tropicalness” of the yard. Water temp was great in the shower. Negatives: I liked the idea of a cute tropical ‘shack’ but I think it could’ve been better. The netting/screens on the back door were torn and let a lot of mosquitoes in the common area. Also it rained the last day we were there and our parking spot (in the side yard of the house) became a giant puddle, about as wide as the car and deeper than ankle deep. I didn’t expect it to be that muddy to begin with (if the neighborhood would allow him to put gravel there that may be a nicer option.) We asked if we could park in the driveway and since he wasn’t home and using his own driveway, he agreed. We don’t know where we would’ve parked if he was home/said no and we didn’t want to take the chance of being stuck before flying out that morning. SOME privacy in the common area as long as there’s no one in the back yard at the pool but our neighbors were only out there maybe once and for a short time. Also on the last day the internet went out in the late afternoon. We had planned on staying in and watching Netflix etc but couldn’t get anything to work. Eric was quick at responding however the issue was never resolved and we stopped hearing from him that night. It wouldn’t have been a big concern but we don’t have unlimited data plans and it was a service we were expecting to have. He was out of state during our trip so I wonder how it would’ve been if he was home. Lastly, don’t latch the bathroom door because we almost couldn’t get it back open. Thought maybe we locked it but as I used the code for the bathroom there was no sound from the motor so I assumed it was just stuck. After a few minutes we got it unstuck and just made sure to never latch it shut the rest of the time.
I don’t want it to seem that this is a horrible place but I do think some simple adjustments would’ve made it a lot better.