Beach Villa Sandstone, a 4BR with great snorkeling on Grace Bay Beach

Week of 03/11/2016 with family of 10.

This website is misleading because it gives you the impression that all 4 bedrooms are part of the main house! For your information, the 2 bottom bedrooms are only accessible from the outside. Can you imagine having small children or even teens and not being able to provide some sort of security for them. Also the only bedrooms that have a view of the ocean are the 2 master bedrooms upstairs. The bottom 2 bedrooms did not have any views at all and felt confined like being in a basement.

Definitely an illussionment of a spacious home when it is a building with 3 separate sleeping areas that each can be rented out separately. The bottom floor had a huge garage/laundry mat in the middle separating the bottom bedrooms which is the first thing you see when you drive up.

The bottom bedrooms did not have ventilation so were stale and smelled of mold. So if you have asthma or allergies you need to have management turn on a/c a day or two ahead. Bathroom upstairs water pressure was very low & 1 master shower has a window in the shower with no privacy. You could be seen from the out side in!!!!!! Also the pictures are dressed up in comparison to reality. We spent the first 2-3 days calling because of issues with toilets, cable reception was bad even though wifi worked fine. Closets did not have enough hangers which is something when no dressers were offered in some rooms. 2 closets shared space with water heaters with holes in ceilings by pipes. Lighting was limited like one lamp for the entire room. After you book the property, they send you a list of do's and don'ts which include you only have so much electricity for your week stay to use & after that you pay additional charges. We could only run the ac in the evenings. Can you imaging going on vacation with a family of 10 & had to keep track of how much electricity used,really. 1 maid service for the week & we had to throw out our own trash daily & recycle but no recycle can offered inside. Had to wash all our own towels daily as towels were limited. No amenities. No salt, pepper, coffee, or sugar provided. Pool is nice but not heated so it was colder than the ocean.They had a security guard in a beat up car every night who stayed in driveway from 9pm till 6pm which made us realize we were not safe. Beach is very rocky and not enjoyable however snorkeling was great which was the only plus. Theresa was helpful. 2 Stars

overall, a nice house in a good location. while you need a car, you can walk to a few restaurants and coffee bars. the house itself is spacious, with a wrap around veranda porch, nice pool, and easy access to the beach. The beach itself is rocky, and not as nice as the grace bay beach, but snorkeling is available right here.

the kitchen is well stocked, rooms are spacious, and the area is quiet.

the lower rooms are dark, and don't have wifi, but otherwise come well equipped.

overall we enjoyed our stay and would stay again!

The location of Sandstone is primo, its in walking distance to lots of restaurants (check out Baci, right on the water) and a great little coffee shop which is surrounded by beautiful palm trees. I have stayed in several locations on Provo and prefer this location (Turtle Cove), its so convenient to everything.

Sandstone is GREAT , its an older property buy very well maintained the layout is nice and open and the deck is enormous. Lots of space. Some of the other villas I have rented don’t have views of the ocean from the 1st floor living area, Sandstone has its living area (kitchen, dining room, living room etc and two of the bedrooms) on the second level so the views are amazing. I love watching the boats go by and to see the color of the ocean change depending on the location of the sun. The water is surreal, it really looks like the photos you see, sometimes you have to rub your eyes to make sure you aren’t dreaming! Can’t wait to come back with my family, we have already booked our trip for next year.