Casa Provence - in Exciting Playas Del Coco

There was a group of 6 of us.. 3 couples

We had a few small issues but when I contacted the owner William he dealt with everything as well as he could which was great!

1 bedroom is fairly small so the one couple that got stuck with that room was kinda shafted ... lol

The kitchen is cozy so it won't be the hang out place..

All in all a wonderful place throughout though!

Set in a quiet safe neighbourhood close to everything.

The pool was amazing!

Lorraine and crew

Our family recently stayed at Casa Provence and really enjoyed our time and stay at this beautiful home. We found the home to be very comfortable and spacious with an incredibly inviting pool. The pictures do provide an accurate preview of the house overall, but we thought it was even better in person. We had enough of everything – kitchen was well stocked (but honestly preferred to eat at the great restaurants in Coco), linens, and laundry facilities. The house was about a 10 minute walk to downtown and just a little farther to the beach. There are several grocery stores just a few minutes away – very convenient.

Corby was very gracious in meeting us with our late arrival (delayed 3 hours in customs) and insisted that we take the time to run to the grocery store before heading to the house so we could just relax when we got into our home away from home.

The separate bedrooms worked for our young adult children and would be great for separate couples. The internet is adequate to stay connected and the tv had enough channels from Miami that we didn’t feel completely disconnected from the US.

We would highly recommend this beautiful home to anyone wanting to enjoy all that Playa del Coco has to offer but wants some private space, too.

We stayed at Casa Provence for 5 months on a lease. When we checked out after our 5 month stay, the owner and the property manager overcharged us for some damaged and broken items. Here are some examples. VRBO policy prevents me from listing the amount that they charged us but I will tell you that they charged us up to 5x the actual cost of items.

1 sheet with wine stain -

Cotton blanket with stain -

A cheap plastic planter/container -

Refinishing the top of the kitchen table (we barely used it) -

3 days of cleaning service, the house was professionally cleaned every month. It never took more than one day to clean the whole house thoroughly.

These are just some examples of how they tried to justify keeping our very large security deposit. We asked for pictures of the damage and copies of the receipts for the replaced items and they refused.

Their advertisement stated that the house is in a gated community, and was very safe with 24 hour security. The housing community was developed to be gated but there is no gate and the guard shack is never manned. The windows and doors do not lock properly and they rely on putting sticks in the tracks of windows and sliding doors to secure them.

We reported the oven as inoperative on our 2nd day at the property, 5 months later and it was still not fixed.

Save your money and pick one of the many beautiful homes in the Coco area listed on VRBO.

I cannot recommend this property.

Property management was excellent. Arrival/departure key hand off was smooth. I rented this instead of condo because it had 3 bedrooms and 3 + 1/2 baths. No sharing removes internal conflict! Getting car in/out of driveway was interesting, but not terrible. But hey, this is Costa Rica, you have to have a little excitement!

Home was fully furnished with clean and organized amenities. Home had 3 bedrooms the basement room bed was a double bed which was a little small for the couple that drew that straw , could use some shelving or other storage means. But overall for 6 people we found it to work great and convenient for going places. Very clean home affordable and would recommend it to friends .