We spent 6 weeks in this condo property. The positives were both location and views. It is at the north end of Butler Beach, just south of St Augustine beach. W had easy access to grocery stores, a coffee shop, salons and other day to day necessities. The Bridge of Lions to the north and Ft Matanzas to the south were each a short 10-minute drive (without traffic. We were across a dunes area from a wide open beach that had little foot or car traffic. The area was quiet, with easy parking. The condo association provided carts in strategic places so transporting items from the parking lot to and from the condo was easy. The pool area was clean, though spartan in its offerings of tables/chairs/lounges. The property was well maintained throughout (e.g., corridors, grounds).
The view was ideal – a full wall of windows in the master bedroom and living room looked onto the dunes and beach with beautiful sunrises each day. The condo is spacious. The bedrooms with comfortable king size beds were large. The small third bedroom, with twin beds, was dark and claustrophobic. We used it for storage space.
Less appealing, the condo is quite dated and poorly furnished: plastic cabinetry in the kitchen, tile throughout that did not match, mismatched furniture with throw pillows that looked to be decades old, an odd assortment of appliances– 3 coffee makers for example, an old somewhat grimy waffle iron --took up most of the pantry space. Mismatched plastic containers, several cheap versions of pots and pans, picnic utensils for flatware filled the kitchen cabinets and drawers. It unlikely an owner or manager had been in the unit for some time, to pare down and clean out items left by previous renters. Many ‘custom baskets’ in closets were broken. The kitchen trash pull-out did not close, other drawers had to be opened carefully so they wouldn’t come off the sliders. Much was made in the contract about not taking towels down to the beach, leading us to believe the towels would be high end ones. There are a lot of them, but mostly thin and scratchy. Bathmats and small area mats in the bathrooms needed washing.
In summary, this property has a great location and view, but needs major renovation. While we would not choose to stay in this condo, we liked the complex since we were only 2 people using the condo, we made the one we rented work for us, despite the disconnect between price and quality.