Dealing with the owners behavior was an absolute nightmare. On the first morning of our vacation we were woken to the sounds of an electric chainsaw, demolition, banging and extremely loud construction work at 6 am from her unit above us. It scared my daughter to tears. The walls are paper thin so it sounded like the construction was in our room. We were never informed of any construction work prior to our visit and we told her of our need for sleep but she said she couldn’t do anything about it and the contractors were scheduled for the entire week of our vacation. We never would have booked a vacation under those circumstances. When the construction stops her yapping dogs begin. It was never peaceful. I wish I would have considered the other reviewer who had similar problems but I figured the general feedback was positive from others.
Beach access is deceiving. The house sits on top of a cliff, you need to hike up and down for about a mile to acres beach. Garages look like a storage room with junk and no room to park.
Again, the views are incredible. However, when I travel other elements are important to me. For me sleep is a must, I didn’t get that here. Consistent, working internet, you don’t get that here. A kind hostess with integrity, this was my biggest issue. She avoided all responsibility for her behavior, made excuses and showed no remorse. We had three other weeks scheduled for this unit and we have cancelled all of them. It was more important for her to profit during her construction than it was to be honest and give us a choice. We would have happily scheduled somewhere else, had we known. We would have been guests for life with a little consideration.
I also want to mention the problem showers too. The hot water heater runs out of hot water after 3 minutes. This was a slight disappointment but livable if all other circumstances were ideal. The real issue was the fear of taking a shower because the entire ceiling had busted open from all of the construction.
We did need to end our visit early and we left sleep deprived. Our travels home was one of complete denial that a person could behave with such a lack of decency. Her behavior was very Machiavelli.
Jill, your behavior and lack of care for your guests was rude, unfounded and reprehensible. I hope you learn your lesson and you allow your future guests a much better experience. We will not be returning.