La Perla 5 star Condo STR-00547

The place was nice, spacious and clean. When we go to Florida we like to spend a lot of time outside, it means having a balcony or yard. The place had spectacular three furnished balconies that were, unfortunately, closed a few days after we arrived. We Spent the remaining 5 weeks sealed inside for some outside renovation someplace else. We had many other options and definitely would not have chosen an expensive location where to feel miserable. For an 87-year-old that means a lot.

The condo view is beautiful, three balconies overlooking the ocean. Perfect location, groceries, restaurants walking distance. Nice manager to communicate with as well as the staff in the building. The condo could use newer updates, furniture, appliance etc. Overall good.

This apartment is beautiful and well maintained. Location is perfect for us and condo provide excellent service for parking and beach.

Great location, views, accommodations, etc. Property manager was responsive and accommodating to any requests as needed. Perfect for our month long stay. Would and will do again!

Pros: views views views. Kitchen very nice and well stocked. Staff at pool and beach great. Manager very responsive. Balconies. Bedrooms spacious. Bathrooms good except water pressure very low. Cons: apartment somewhat shabby and living/dining room set up somewhat cramped. Busy spot due to pier and beach. Beach crowded by early in the day. Elevators always have long wait. Valet parking takes forever. We had a very pleasant month.

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.

The place is exactly as in the pictures, the building has everything you need, the location is perfect and the host was very nice. On the other hand the check-in process was a little bit of a nightmare because you had to go trough a very long process of tenant application

Very nice apartment in a high floor what’s let us enjoy better the view of the ocean and beach from the balconies.

Great location right on the beach/ocean. Not too busy or crowded, and a great restaurant right outside the pool gate on the beach. Mauricio, the property manager, was very nice, responsive and helpful.

Our experience was absolutely wonderful. We had an amazing stay visiting the sights but coming back to home' each night. The pool was fantastic so warm. The staff from the valets to pool side arrendants we Great. We are looking forward to coming back next year.