I’ll start with a good to begin with, it has a million dollar view from three separate balconies looking south along the beach toward Miami. The furnishings, couch tables and beds, were very nice and modern. The property is located right by the pier and within close proximity to restaurants and shopping. The beach is fabulous. The pool is very nice though is quite shaded for most of the afternoon. Lastly the building is very secure with key card access required.
On the negative side of the ledger, I’ll begin with an application process that surprised us. Approximately two weeks before we were scheduled to arrive I received a notice saying that I needed to apply in order to be admitted to the building. This was after we had fully paid the price of the rental months before. The application process required us to supply Social Security number, bank information, credit card information, copies of passports, car registration among other items. We have used Vrbo many times and have never had a situation like this. I’m concerned with providing this much information to an organization that has no need and unknown controls/intentions.
In addition, the unit is not very clean vents are caked with dust floors were dirty walls are in dire need of a fresh coat of paint. Routine maintenance seems to have been ignored.
Lastly, the building itself has issues. Twice during our stay we were informed of an emergency that required us to vacate the building. It was not unusual for one or more of the elevators to be out of service. This required long waits for elevators to come in and out of the building. The hot tub heater and units were routinely broken and the heater on the pool also broke toward the end of our stay.