The Good: the property manager (Michelle) was awesome. Very responsive. The view was beautiful, overlooking the ocean with waves cascading with great sunsets. As I discovered on my walks, these are not unique to this property.
The Bad: Where do I start? The second bedroom had no window to the outside world, just to an outside hallway; the kitchen was poorly equipped and in desperate need for things as simple as cutlery, cups, glasses, bowls etc to be purchased (which the property manager did, but only after I complained); the hot water heater needed to be adjusted ; the air conditioners constantly turned off on their own. That was more of a problem in the master bedroom since we had to regularly through the night turn the AC back on after waking up in a sweat; the pillows and bedding need to be replaced as they are old and uncomfortable.
The Very Ugly: Unfortunately during our stay, there was a leak from another unit that needed to be repaired accessing pipes from my rental (specifically the second bedroom closet). I was not told that the workers were going to rip open the walls with jack hammers (or whatever they used). More importantly, I had a number of items in the closet and room that were not removed. It was a disaster. The second bedroom could not be used after that construction. While the owner advised that I would be given some type of discount for the inconvenience, no such compensation was ever paid. Things got much worse when the COVID pandemic required many foreign travelers like me to return back to their home countries while flights were still available to do so. I had to leave almost 2 months prematurely. I learned in the days leading up to my departure that many landlords of rental properties there gave refunds to their renters. NOT MY LANDLORD. No. The vague offer from the landlord was to return the difference (or surplus?) if the unit was rented after I left. Kind of difficult to rent if the landlord doesn't take the property off VRBO as being rented!
Long story, all to say that in my opinion, the landlord could have done the right thing as many other landlords were doing, and he did not. Plenty of other places on this beautiful island. Stay elsewhere.
