Rental dates 17 July thru 21 July 2022
This rental had 0 reviews, which should’ve been a red flag, but based on the location (which we were very familiar with) and photos of the property, and because it was short notice and it met our needs I took a chance and decided to rent the home anyway.
The home is very nice, however I noticed the following things during our stay:
Arrival day
Overall, the front of the property looked okay, however the front lawn was a bit overgrown and could use a couple fresh layers of mulch. The grass on the sides of the house was over grown and needed to be cut really bad.
As for the inside of the property:
Initial walk through of the home it appears nice, but could use a thorough cleaning and some fresh paint. Outside pool area nice, the wooden table needs to be cleaned bad. The track on the sliding door leading to the pool was filthy.
The kitchen had sufficient dinnerware, silverware and pots, pans etc. We only prepared food in the house 1- night and that was grilled. The items we needed to prepare our dinner were there, except there was only 1 large bowl. We purchased a few aluminum pans, but had to be strategic making side items that needed to be mixed because there was only 1- bowl. I thunk at least 3- mixing size bowls would be sufficient.
There were no wash cloths provided and only about 2 towels per bath. I called the management office and was told that they only provide 2 towels and hand cloths per bath and they do not provide face cloths at all, there were more bedrooms then bathrooms. Needless to some of the family had to go out and purchase face cloths and additional towels the first night. I normally travel with my own anyway, but everyone doesn’t- so.. if that information had been provided I could’ve probably informed the others.
Dryer was inoperable the first night- We washed the towels and face cloths only to discover that the dryer did not work, since it was 10pm on a Sunday night we had to hang the items in various areas of the home in hopes they would not mildew. On top of that the iron did not work. Early the next morning I called the office and reported the issues with the dryer, towels and iron.
The icing on the cake was scheduling non- emergency repairs while a house is occupied. Having guys show up with no warning to treat the pool and change locks during our stay was intrusive, disrespectful and unacceptable. We couldn’t use the pool on our last day.