Nicest Beachfront pool 3-4 bedrooms or Studio Kite/windsurf in La Ventana

Awful Stay, Owned Repeatedly Lied to Us.

kinnsella (Los Angeles, CA)
Review submitted: July 6, 2011   Date of arrival: June 13, 2011

The home was filthy, the windows were dirty, the floors were really dirty, the bed sheets obviously hadn't been changed since there was sand in the 2 beds we used. The cutlery was filthy, all the shelves, counter tops and the plates on the shelves were covered in dust. There were old empty beer cans and trash under the sink. The shower was unusable. The exterior table, grill and chairs were filthy. It took 2 girls almost 7 hours to get the place to an acceptable condition. In my opinion, it still needs a few more hours of work, however we had had enough of strangers in the home.

The pool is actually 400 yards away and not on the beach. She said she owned it, she doesn't. By implication we assumed it was either on the property or immediately adjacent and the owner did nothing to dispel that notion. Secondly, she said it would be private, it is a community pool that people pay to use. Every time we used it, people while friendly were there. Since it wasn't adjacent and we have a 2.5 year old and 3 month old, we had to travel via car to get there and this severely limited our ability to use the pool. Quite frankly if we had known this, we would not have selected this property.

AC took a good 24 hrs to remove the heat sink from the walls, we were sweating the first night in the home. The fridge wasn't fired up till that day, so it took 24 hr hours for the fridge to cool down to actually be useful.

The oven is unusable as it won't close.

There are no provisions in the house at all, no sugar, no cooking oils etc. We ran out of pepper, one night while cooking and I had to go to the store to find some.

There were no grilling tools. Carving knives are so blunt they are unusable. We used the bread knife to cut everything. The trash can in the garage was full when we arrived, so we had to pile up the garbage next to it.

Remote controls for the fans, lights and AC units - most of them are out of batteries. A number of lights are out, both in and outside the house.

We agreed to split the cost of a pack an play, she reneged. I asked for a partial refund she refused, eventually we settled on a number. she then charged us $100 for 3 phone calls one of which was to her to complain about the condition of the home.

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