Hello! I rarely leave reviews but I felt like I needed to with this one for the good bad and ugly. I kept the points short/abrupt to try and keep this review tight and purposeful.
CONS:
1) Bedroom fan nearly knocked my husband out multiple times — either align the bed directly under or I’d recommend a flush to ceiling fan for your guests who are taller.
Bathroom mirror so low it’s made for the average height person… but if you’re over 5’10, go on a head over to the bedroom mirror because that’s the mirror you’ll have to use.
2) The hot water is horrible. I read to try not to go “full blast” and it’ll last longer… I tried that and it still was cool by 5min. We took multiple showers, tried multiple options, all ended with the same scenario. Super disappointing.
3) The bathroom showers stone also had a mild urine odor to it. Like it’s been used for years and the stone has soaked up that odor. Could likely use a massive deep clean/bleach or completely replace. I could see this smell appearing to be “nonexistent” to someone who lives here because they get used to it (ie nose blind), but as someone who’s first time is here… the faint stench of it is definitely there.
4) Bed is fair but the pillows are HORRIBLE. Seems like they’ve been used for a solid decade, flat as a pancake.
5) The large fridge works minimally (yes, we followed the instructions to not mess with the temp and give it a day to adjust), so their rec was to use the freezer, per the laminated paper. Or they had an additional fridge on the floor in their already tiny kitchen (which tiny is fine, but it’s even more cramped).
PROS:
1) views views views.
2) incredible sounds of the waves on the beach 24/7.
3) easy check-in.
4) convenient parking.
OVERALL:
This is all honest feedback because I wish I knew all this up front before paying what I did. In our personal opinion (not factual!), the only way this condo is worth what we paid for is the view, ocean sounds, parking, and accessibility to the water. Everything else, “the renovations”, are minimally acceptable as a reno, and there are so many things needing to be tended to. We personally never contacted the company that runs this VRBO (Chase-n-Rainbows) because nothing we mentioned would’ve ever been able to be fixed during our brief four day stay, so we let it be. You’re absolutely paying for the view, everything else is anticlimactic. As long as you walk in with that mindset, you should be okay.
