First, the good. The condo was clean, comfortable and well appointed. The cable service provided a variety of channels. Beach towels were provided and a new washer/dryer combination made it easy keeping clothes and towels laundered. The condo has a wonderful view of the Bay.
Now for the not so good. While the condo was advertised as being “3 sets of stairs and of couple of ramps” to the beach, the reality is quite different. In order to reach the street level, which was still at least 100’ in elevation above the beach, we had to descent/climb 90 stairs plus 3 lengthy and very steep ramps of an approximately 30 degree incline. This was quite strenuous, particularly the climb in the hot afternoon sun. It was substantially more taxing than the “bit of exercise” described by the owners. I would not recommend this condo to anyone with a cardiac, respiratory and/or orthopedic condition.
We were also told that the property manager Alicia would be our “primary source for resolving any ‘issues’ [we] might have and she is a great source of information and contacts.” That was not our experience. We asked on multiple occasions for help with renting a Jeep for a day excursion, but she was no help at all. And then on the next to last day of our trip, the water in the condo shut off and we were dry for over 18 hours. We tried to contact Alicia and the owners. We never got a response from Alicia and the only communication from the owners was after the water was finally restored.
We just did not feel comfortable staying in this condo. The owners demanded that the air conditioner be turned off while the condo was unoccupied. On our second day there, we forgot to turn it off and almost immediately received an email threatening to charge extra if we did not comply. (Contrast with the crickets we heard when the water was off for almost a day.) In order to know that the AC was on, the manager had to have accessed the condo without our permission and certainly without our knowledge. On Saturday, the cleaning person literally moved/rearranged many of our personal belongings. She even opened my personal prescription/supplement bag to insert another personal item, which she had no business doing.
Finally, there is a relatively loud nightclub near the condo, which certainly might bother some people and is not mentioned at all by the owners in their overview.
I would recommend this condo, but only with full disclosure of important information and better communication. I