We celebrated a 70th birthday with 11 adults and 4 children and the house still felt quite spacious. We used Barbulet Concierge and the Owner (Freya was her name) was spectacular. She made our stay so easy - from food shopping before we arrived, making restaurant suggestions and reservations, arranging transportation and car rental (she had our driver pick us up at the airport and drive us to the car rental facility and met us there. Then she escorted us to the house, crib rental, etc.). She also arranged for two different chefs to make meals for us at the house. The food was delicious - as good if not better than dinners at the restaurants we frequented. They shop, cook, set up and clean. The waiter (AJ) was a doll and very experienced. Both dinners were fabulous!
The house has 9 baths but only 2 or 3 of the baths actually had hot water in the shower. None of the bathroom sinks have hot water and that is not because something wasn't working. It appears the hot water valve on the sinks was turned off purposefully. The ground water in Aruba never gets cold so the lack of hot water in the sinks wasn't a big deal but it would have been nice to have. We spoke to the house Owner (Rene) about the showers and he was very responsive but was unable to make any changes or corrections to the hot water system during our stay. Besides the hot water in the shower issue, I thought there could have been some basic provisions provided by the Owner that are not - hair dryers in each bathroom, bar soap (they provide liquid soap that foams when you pump it - doesn't work great in a shower!), ample supply of dishwashing detergent, paper towels, tissues, toilet paper. We had all of these supplied but inadequate quantities. I felt like I had to ration the use of the dishwashing detergent and we had to purchase additional tissues, paper towels, etc. At the cost of this house, there should be an abundance of these basic supplies. I would go so far as to say there should be bug spray (the "no see'ums can be a pain) and some hotel sized shampoo/conditioner/lotion at least a two day supply just in case guests forgot to bring it. There is a Mart just down the hill from the house that was open from early morning to late at night and had everything we needed (including spirits, wine and beer). All in, it was a great house, wonderful experience and would recommend checking it out if you have a large crowd. And definitely contact Freya at Barbulet Concierge!