We were looking to escape all the snow here in Northern Maine, so we chose this particular unit

(listing # 219238) because the pictures show fantastic, sweeping views of the ocean and because it boasts indoor/outdoor pools for our children. Imagine our disappointment upon arrival to enter the living room and discover our views being obstructed by heavy, opaque plastic in all glass windows facing the deck as well as the windows in the master bedroom. Instead of waking to light filled rooms with an ocean view, we awoke to the sound of loud drilling/sanding and it looked like we were wrapped in a plastic cocoon. We later discovered that we also could not go swimming in either of the outside pools as they too had been covered with the plastic and blocked off. Hardly the ideal vacation we were anticipating. We returned later in the afternoon to discover workmen right outside our master bedroom suite. We had paid in full prior to our arrival and the owner had sent us an email listing all the rules and regulations to be followed, but she never mentioned any construction being done to the building. Since my mother booked the condo, she made the call to the owner who immediately became very defensive and recalcitrant, insisting that this was not "ongoing construction" and that we should just remove the plastic from the windows ourselves or she could send a handyman over to do it. When asked how long this project was going to take, she stated she could not answer that question. She continued to deflect from our complaints stating over and over how beautiful the place is and tried to make it sound like this was just a small project that she hired someone to do. It was obvious from all the large scaffolding on the outside of the building that this was something being done to the whole North Tower, not just to her unit and so was the parking garage. We had to buggy-lug all of our belongings from across the street every day. We feel strongly that she should have advised us of this ongoing construction so we could have made a different choice in our accommodations. Instead of offering a refund or at least a reduction in the price, she rudely hung up the phone. To add more shock to our stay, we had a STRANGE MAN enter our unit UNANNOUNCED! He muttered "Oh sorry, I didn't realize she had rented this unit out." We felt confident booking through VRBO because of it's "Book With Confidence" Guarantee, however, they have yet to help us resolve the issue.