Pros:
-Close to a lot of cool and interesting Orlando locations
-Hot Tub is nice
-View of pond behind house was pleasant
-Pool was very nice and enjoyable. Highlight for sure
-affordable
Cons:
-Secondhand furniture and equipment (blemishes on couch, knobs coming off of table)
-Random stuff just flat out didn’t work (ice maker, Xbox,)
-A/C underperformed. Just always felt warmer than what it was set to. Whenever we cooked in the kitchen it ended up being hot downstairs for a while
-Lack of necessities. No paper towels, salt, pepper, dish soap etc. To be fair we didn’t expect all of that to be there but maybe like one or two things to help us out. Also for the first day we didn’t have towels but we brought it up with the owner and she fixed it fairly quickly
-Gated community offered everything that was advertised, but overall was disappointing. Pool table really needed to be fixed up. Movie theater has too many rules (book 48 hours in advance, can’t hook up your own devices, 3 hour limit, need to be out by 8:45 pm)
-Parking. So in the listing it says that you can park three vehicles. And also specifies no RVs. So from that you can imply that if you have a 12 passenger van that it’ll fit. Apparently not, and there’s something very specific you have to do to make it fit. Luckily for us our neighbor was able to give us tips on how to park so that we wouldn’t get towed. But I feel like that should’ve been mentioned in the listing so we wouldn’t have risked a huge crisis in having our only mode of transportation taken away.
Overall, I’m grateful we were able to find a place like this at the price we did. But it definitely wasn’t what I imagined when I saw what was advertised in the listing. If you can spend a bit more to find something more enjoyable, I recommend it. But this place is definitely good if you don’t plan on spending too much vacation time at the house and you’re looking for something affordable.
