We always stay at Ocean Villa and have been for almost 8yrs, so we’ve stayed in quite a few different units over the years. This unit, while decorated nicely, was disappointing.
I want to preface this by saying I did NOT contact the realty company (also new to us bc we always deal with an individual) to let them know about any of the issues but mainly bc these are things they’re going to need to do going forward. We were allowed to check-in a little early, so that was nice. When we get to the unit, the first thing that stuck out to me was it was clear the photos are outdated-probably on purpose. Not a huge deal but when I’m spending thousands of dollars I want to know exactly what I’m getting. Here’s where I did start getting frustrated; there were ZERO beach towels, only white bath towels. Now, being longtime PCB visitors, we always bring our own but it forced us to do a lot more washing and I’ll explain why. In this unit, there is only a tiny entry-way rug (like tiny-tiny!!) which means you either track remaining sand and water throughout the unit OR you do what we do and lay a path of beach towels to the bathroom or balcony. Well, when all the unit provides are white towels, that’s not a possibility. Didn’t want to ruin their white bath towels! So even a few beach towels left in the condo would be a big plus. This is the first place we’ve ever stayed that wasn’t stocked with beach gear, i.e. towels, chairs, kids toys etc etc. but not a huge problem cause we’ve acquired our own over the years. Maybe we’ve just been spoiled by the other 5 or so units in Ocean Villa, but this one was just bare bones as far as everything really. The kitchen was pitiful. Don’t come expecting to cook a full-on meal and not have to run out to buy more than a few things. Here’s the biggest complaint, the Water pressure was literally trickling out (NO WAY to wash shampoo or sand out of your hair and I’m a man with very short hair) in the master so I went and purchased a new shower head. Same in the guest but I didn’t use it so it was left like it was. I just find it hard to believe that the cleaning people (or owners) aren’t aware of the master shower water issue, even if you just cleaned the shower surely you would notice the shower head trickling water down and not spraying outward.
Nice place but really lacking in a few areas. Stuff that wouldn’t cost much but would add value to the unit. Lastly, very petty but would be nice to have a large mirror in the LivingR