Casita Serenidad – A Skylit Bungalow for 2, Full Kitchen, Bath, Small Garden

Modern, light, calm bungalow, small garden (no pool). Neighbourhood itself it quiet but the side road we're on can be quite noisy. 6 minutes walk to the central square, another minute to the main beach. Included cleanings during your stay!

Internet 50Mbs down, 20Mbs up (apt for video conferences etc.)
The space
Comfortable open space with interior garden under a retractable roof window, king size bed, fully equipped kitchen, wide doors to a minor outdoor terrace garden.

Normally, the place accommodates two. However, there is a sofa, and if need be, we provide a bed for smaller children. Small families are welcome.
Guest access
The bungalow—casita serenidad—is your's alone, including the main space with sleeps, kitchen, living, a small terrace-garden.
Other things to note
Quiet use only —please note: The house is sited in a usually quiet residential area, and we live in another house on the premise ourselves. Please refrain from loud partying at all times, and respect sleeping hours after 10 o’clock in the evening. Please understand that even shouting and very loud outdoor talking may make it hard for all around to sleep.

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While the neighbourhood itself is quiet, Sayulita streets can be loud, and our street is no exception. We are far enough from the party locations, but still within Sayulita. Very loud motor vehicles are much in favour amongst both Mexican and ex-pat locals, and we have no way of effectively insulating the Casita from that noise. Their noise isn't constant, in fact there are quiet hours (or, well, half hours), and it usually quiets down around midnight, but If you seek a quiet place with little more than birds to hear, I recommend you look in the outskirts (north side or farther away from the centre).

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Amenities (in addition to those on the airbnb list)
— beach towels
— coffee makers, both french presses and actual mokka pots (Italian stovetops)
— USB power outlets, two on every night stand
and more. Just ask

— SERVICED LAUNDRY ONLY: The washers are not accessible to our guests directly (due to repeated incidents of damage by guests). We are happy to wash, dry and fold your laundry for you between 10 am and 2 pm except Sundays, free of charge.


Service
We offer free of charge cleaning about every second day at an hour of your convenience (between 10am and 3pm). After beach excursions, hikes or so most guests find that a very pleasant feature. On rare occasions, this may not be possible due to sickness or some other severe cause (we’re not a hotel with a big staff)

Wifi
Strong and reliable internet access, with some 50 Mbps downstream, 25 Mbps upstream on average (see test results in image section). Even on power outage, access persists for some 30 minutes due do no-break power supply for router and LAN.

Water
For drinkable water, we have a filtered water tap (dedicated tap (faucet)) in the kitchen.

Beds
Duvets instead of blankets (and really there hasn’t been anyone yet who didn’t prefer those over a woolen blanket with a sheet). Choose between a king size single duvet for two or two individual duvets each.

Privacy
Casita Serenidad shares a property with the larger Casa Serenidad, a house for six (which, by the way, you’re welcome to have a look at if you travel in a larger group). Apart from the street entrance, the two houses share no space at all—you’ll be entirely private.
(The small outdoor garden you see in the images borders on the larger garden of the Casa Serenidad, (will be) separated by a waist high wall and high growing plants blocking the view—but not all sound of course. We ask guests in both houses not to party and to refrain from making too much noise particularly at night. But of course with six people in a garden with a pool there will be some voices and some noise. If you are looking for total silence, maybe this isn’t the right place for you—and probably the whole of Sayulita isn’t.)
The premise is half of a gated property of four houses, the third of which is Casita Los Grillos, and the fourth is where we live ourselves. Needless to say we will never enter uninvitedly unless in cases of an emergency.

Accessibility
The place is entirely flat inside—its a bungalow with a roll-in shower. However, please note that to access that bungalow, you'll have to climb one flight of stairs.

Kids
There are no special security measures for children, however, children are precious and most welcome. If you have any special needs regarding them, feel free to ask.

Power
In summertime (and of late, if rarely, also in winter), village- or part-village wide power outages happen. The rarely last very long and seldom happen over night but they do happen. Sometimes they are related to hurricanes, sometimes not. They can be a nuisance particularly at sleeping hours when its very warm and both air conditioning and fans seize to work. We provide a sheet explaining what to do in case of an outage (and/or hurricane).

Insects
The house is surrounded by gardens, smaller and larger ones, and sited in tropical jungle, not in a city. If we don’t either pave or poison everything, some critters (ants mainly), are unavoidable, particular during rain season (summer). We do however provide anti-insect spray.

Noise
Please note that this is not a resort but an actual Mexican village. Occasionally trucks from the 1950s or motor bikes with sawed-off tailpipes come through, and as the bungalow is upstairs but to the street, some noise does get in at day both and at night. Also, at some point there may be some construction work two lots down the road, and on rare occasions, people party in the neighbourhood (we go try and stop them if that happens). As much as I regret it—If you are really noise sensitive, you won’t find peace here.

Check-In
can in many cases be earlier than 3pm. When previous guests leave the same day as you check in, we may need the time to fully clean the house. In any case you can drop off your luggage ahead of check-in time.

Additional rules

It’s a quiet neighbourhood and we live in another house on the premise ourselves. Please understand that we don’t allow people in the house who are not registered as guests through airbnb. Please refrain from loud partying at all times, and respect sleeping hours after 10 o’clock in the evening. Please understand that even shouting and very loud talking outdoors may make it hard for guests in the other building to sleep. Thanks.

Air Conditioning: For economic both and ecological reasons we must ask you not to use air conditioning with windows or doors open, and to always turn it off when leaving, even with windows closed. Please understand that in this climate, air conditioning takes up a lot of energy.

Please don‘t smoke indoors, not even with windows open.

Since we had various such incidents: Please do no burn incenses directly on any surface, even such as walls, plastering, cement, concrete. Burning incenses leaves deep marks in the sealed surface that require repairing, in many cases remaking large parts at high cost.

In very rare cases, we may allow an indoor dog in the Casita, on the condition that he/she be on a leash as soon as our guest/s leave the Casita but are still on the premise, and for the sake of our other guests and ourselves that he/she keep quiet even when left alone (as some dogs go on barking in that case).

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The house is located in a quiet neighborhood and we live in another house on the same property. Please understand that people outside the group registered as guests by AirBnB are not accepted and parties are not allowed at any time. We ask that you observe a nightly rest schedule beginning at 10:00 p.m. and note that yelling or speaking aloud in outdoor areas can also disturb the sleep of neighbors and other guests.

Air conditioning: For economic and ecological reasons we ask that the air conditioning not be used with doors and windows open and that it always be turned off when leaving the house, even with the windows closed. The energy expenditure in this climate is very high, with your help and understanding.

Please do not smoke inside the house, nor with the windows open. Thank you.

Please do not burn incense directly on surfaces that are sinks, kitchen, furniture, cement walls, concrete, wood, paint, as this has been shown to leave deep marks on materials that require a complete surface repair and at a very high cost. As in almost all the country, please do not put paper or any other type of garbage/hygiene products in the toilets, since they are easily covered and it can be difficult and expensive, in addition to uncomfortable for you, to fix it.