The house was gorgeous. When we first arrived we were wowed by what was available. A tropical storm was coming in off the coast, so the first few days we spend inside. While inside, we discovered that the cable connection for the TV in one of the bedrooms wasn't working so well. That was hard to pay much attention, however, because the master bedroom and bath became swarmed by ants. Oh, and there were also ants roaming through the kitchen and one of the guest bathrooms adjacent to the kitchen. Now, we understand that when it rains in Florida, ants that are washed from their homes tend to come to seek dry land. My wife grew up in Florida so she wasn't that alarmed ... at first. We called the management office and someone was sent over right away. Because the extermination service was backed up addressing other properties, a friendly maintenance technician came and sprayed the trouble areas, left a few traps and left us with spray. After two or three days - and an end to the rain - the ants kept coming. They were in the shower. They were in the bed. They were in the toilet. Mind you, we weren't leaving food anywhere, and we weren't eating anywhere but in the dining area and on the outside deck, to the ants weren't after food. And they NEVER went into the dining area. After the second visit from the exterminator, we woke to find all of the ants FLOATING IN THE POOL. After another day or so of this, and no one there to clean the pool, I skimmed all of the ants out of the pool myself. (The pool cleaner actually arrived on our last day, and the pool looked 100% better than it did when we arrived). We still had ants crawling in the master bedroom, through our luggage, across the bed, in the tub, on our towels, and in the toilet. And when they weren't crawling, they were dying (thanks to the extermination treatment and the spray) in the closets, in the shower, in the tub, across the bathroom floor. We called again to complain, and I inadvertently called the management office the same time as my wife. After someone informed me she was already on the phone and I politely exited the call, the woman my wife was speaking to became irritated with her and eventually started yelling. Someone was sent to clean up, and basically just swept all of the dead ants into a pile in the corner of the shower. I won't mention the loud laundry facilities or the dented and damaged kitchen appliances. Let's just say this was a terrible experience.
