Problems with the slider screens. Problems with water pressure that was practically non-existent in the bathrooms and kitchen. There was no attempt made to investigate or solve the problem. The electrical in the unit is a mystery. We had to buy no fewer than four plug strips. Fan in one of the guest bedrooms is so loose and wobbly that I would not sleep under it, nor ask a guest to do so.
The window of one of the guest bedrooms looks directly out on the elevator. Several of the screens are ripped. Then The kitchen sink began to leak, creating significant pools of water across the kitchen floor. We reported the problem immediately and were told to turn off the water. This we were willing to do, despite the fact that we had guests and it was clearly inconvenient to have a kitchen without running water. This was complicated by the fact that the supply of dishes in the unit was totally inadequate. We were told that a plumber would arrive to fix the leak that evening. Of course, that never happened. We were required to hang around the unit using up our dwindling supply of patience and wasting our guests' limited vacation time waiting for a simple repair to be made. Owner would not approve the plumber's estimate to fix. Wanted to go on the cheap, which is what finally happened.
The bottom line is that it took three days and ten people (four in the maintenance office and six different plumbers) to correct a faucet leak that could have done significant damage to our unit and the one below had we not sat there emptying buckets of water from under the sink. And that doesn't include the uncooperative owner who would rather neglect a problem than fix it. In retrospect, this does not surprise us, given the condition of some of the other things in the unit -- furniture, appliances, kitchen appointments, linens, screens, etc.
We have been renting vacation condos for over twenty years and have never before encountered such an unbelievable combination of incompetence, lack of consideration, and negligence on the part of an owner or a management company. It's not that the maintenance people were rude. It's just that they did not respond appropriately and did not make happen what they promised would happen. Moreover, a stated policy of not fixing anything without the express approval of an absentee owner is impractical at best, and dangerous at worst.
especailly with an owner who was AWOL. Definitely avoid this one.