The good: • Located on a quiet street, super quiet stretch of beach and feels “tucked away” • Contactless check in and out, instructions were clear and emailed in advance • Pool area was great. Good size heated pool (not too hot which was nice), kids loved the space which was lovely with well kept gardens and there was even a trunk of pool toys for them to use. The steps/getting in area was wide enough for my daughter to use it as a bit of a kiddie pool space • We liked having our parking space literally right outside our door which made it easy with the kids • Hearing the waves from the unit was great • The unit had everything you needed, enough towels, kitchen stuff etc and especially important enough garbage bags for one per day • Beds were comfortable • Smithfield is close for groceries and restaurants • Good food from the Thai restaurant and fast delivery The not so good: • It’s a little too quiet if you were to have kids older than ours. Ours are little (3 and 4) and we can make anything fun - older kids would be bored. More suited to older couples • No restaurants around except the one they recommend and not really kid friendly • So many things in the unit we had was broken or damaged in some way. The washing machine was rusted with broken buttons, the dryer handle (and the dryer is on the patio which is odd and detracts from the patio area as you don’t want to sit there with the dryer going), the clothes drying rack, the dimmer switches, the patio doors didn’t latch closed, plastic shutters in the master bedroom, broken toaster lever - all broken. The painting was also damaged from the leaky air conditioner. • The couch is the worst my husband and I have ever sat on. It’s lumpy and just needs to go. Please do this for the sake of future guests. We gave up even trying to sit on it and watched tv on the tv in the second bedroom. • The master bedroom is at the back facing onto the car park. Why isn’t the master that great front room with the sound of the waves and the view? • No water jug to use for the fridge • Black mould in the bathroom definitely needs addressing The biggest issue we had was that it’s not child friendly. There is no chain/privacy latch on the door and kids can just open it and get out (or anyone can come in with the code). The patio doors also don’t have a key or high latch lock and there’s no glass surrounding the patio garden space so not secure for little kids. All up it was ok but it’s obvious the units are individually owned - some have residents that live there - and that made it a little awkward on occasion with our kids in the pool when much older residents just wanted a quiet swim. It also means the quality, upkeep etc of the units vary which is a downside for us. Lovely location, but we wouldn’t stay again.
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