"Island Sands Unit 103" Gulf Front, Just steps to the beach,,, Beach Ser

great location, easy to find and very clean and neat, love the decor as well. would definitely recommend this property and hope to stay here again next year

Everything about the condo was better than we expected. Never know what you are really getting when you book online but if I had to change anything it would be the discomfort of the pullout couches. Other than that I give it the highest recommendation.

Excelent !!

Overall this property was okay, but I cannot figure out how it had 4+ stars. We requested an early check-in and were told we would be notified when the unit was ready. At no time did anyone from the office tell us an early check-in would interrupt cleaning procedures. When we arrived at our unit, I was extremely dissatisfied in the cleanliness. There was food dried on the kitchen chairs, spills running down end tables, and visible dirt on other furniture. The dishes in the cabinets still had food on them and there were crumbs in the kitchen drawers. The throw pillows on the couches were extremely dingy and desperately in need of cleaning. I can’t imagine this unit has had a deep clean in a LONG time. Our feet were black after walking around barefoot inside. I took pictures and emailed them to the rental company. I didn’t trust the linens since the unit was so dirty so I washed everything before we used it and wiped down some surfaces to make it livable for the night. Around 12:00 the following day I received a phone call from the office asking if I wanted the condo to be cleaned again. We opted to do this as I did not want to spend any more time cleaning. We had to leave our unit for a few hours that afternoon, and when we returned the unit was cleaner, but still had not been fully cleaned. The company offered us a gift certificate on a future stay, but I don’t think we will be staying in one of these properties again as our standards clearly do not line up.

In addition to an unclean unit, the boardwalk showers are insufficient in removing sand. There are a couple old plastic mats surrounded by sand and grass so there is no way to fully remove sand when you return from the beach, so you end up tracking it into the unit. We had to vacuum several times during the week.

The property also allows smoking in some of the units and on the beach. Although our unit was non-smoking, we were constantly surrounded by people smoking. We have small children and actually had to leave our place on the beach as people were smoking in their chairs right next to us. There were no designated smoking areas on the beach. We couldn’t spend any time on our patio for the same reason.

On a positive note the pool was nice. The pool and area around the pool was very clean and well kept. The mattress in the bedroom was also very comfortable. Unfortunately, the rest of the furniture was dirty, and the 2 coffee tables took up too much room in an already small area.

We had an amazing time. The only complaint I have is there was a leak in hall bathroom that I noticed on the first day. To the point where I had to put a bowl under and poor out water each day. I spoke with someone the first two days but never had anyone come by to try and fix our entire stay. Kinda was a little disappointed with that. I did let them in on two different occasions to fix air for number 303.