The pool and backyard at Jay’s place are really enjoyable. There is a hot tub as well. At the end of our stsy we picked some fresh, small bananas in the backyard, which was nice.
The location of Jay’s place is excellent, within about a mile drive of the beach, and close to places like the Morikami Museum and Gardens and Lauderdale/by-the-Sea.
Our check-in was confusing because the lights weren’t on outside the little mother-in-law apartment where we were staying, and we unintentionally intruded on a friend of the host’s (there is no Brittany, who is out of the picture).
The place is cute and smaller than we thought it would be from the pictures, as it was probably about 400 ft.². The fridge wasn’t working properly, so the host ordered one and busted his butt to install it for us a week later. The display for the oven and broiler is dead, and because there’s an electronic touch display, it’s possible to turn on the oven accidentally without knowing it, and it isn’t practical to use the oven.
We were there for slightly over three weeks, and I caught and released four or five large cockroaches, which are quaintly known in the South as Palmetto bugs.
If you look carefully in the info online there is no laundry available, but we found laundromats nearby to use.
If you’re looking for a crash pad near the beaches, and don’t need all the amenities, this is a good place to stay. If you’d like to swim, the pool is excellent. Overall, it seems like a place that used to be cleaner and where things function very well, and now it needs some TLC. For instance, there is a trick soap dish in the shower, which flips if you try to put a bar of soap on it, and the temperature regulator in the shower is kind of funky so that the water doesn’t always stay the same temperature, even though it has an instant water heater so you don’t run out of hot water. If you try to dry your towels in the apartment, it doesn’t really work because they smell a little moldy. Perhaps Jay could install a little clothesline out back for things to dry in the hot Florida sun.