La Bahia #125 | Steps from Beach, Community Pool!

The view was very nice. Wrong time of year for a beach vacation for some but we enjoyed it tremendously. No crowds that was a plus. Overall a nice rest and relaxing vacation with great views.

Great stay

Great location!

We enjoyed our stay at the condo. Loved the location and it was easy to walk to the not-crowded beach or bay. The condo was a great size for our family of two adults and two little kids.

With a short walk to either the bay or the gulf beach this property has a great location. Both beaches were not crowded which allowed you to have a semi-private beach experience. When not on the beach, you are only a short drive to shopping, entertainment and eating establishments.

While I appreciate honest reviews and read them before I make a decision to stay somewhere, I never post reviews because I don’t consider myself picky or very critical. We have stayed in some places that have had minor issues and still don’t post bad reviews. I feel like I have to in this case. The listing stated that there might be some renovations going on in the month of April. We were aware of this. We were even willing to ignore the hammering on our condo wall at 730 in the morning bc we had plans of being at the beach most of the day anyway. What I cannot ignore, were the boards with nails sticking straight up right at the end of our stairway, the fact that our 2nd story patio was completely ripped apart and open on the last dayc without railings. The construction workers were just ripping boards out and throwing them down on the ground and leaving them there all day. Blocking walkways so I couldn’t even send my kids down to the pool when we were having lunch and relaxing in between the beach. On the first day, I sent a picture to the booking agency and they let me know that it was HOA‘s responsibility to take care of it and they would send my picture to them and try to get someone to clean it up. Within a couple hours, most of the boards were picked up, but there were still nails everywhere and they did the same thing the last two days. The railing was also left off on the patio on the backside the last night. Horrible experience.

We booked this unit in January 2023 for a stay at the end of March. Somewhere in between that timeframe, The La Bahia complex booked construction work including siding, railings and stairs. We were not notified of this. When we arrived, the property was littered with construction materials. Our deck was covered in screws, staples and sharp plastic. We contacted Southern Vacation rentals, the host, and they replied with sorry, it won’t happen again. They didn’t send anyone over to clean it up, they left us to clean it up ourselves. In the next few days, foundation work started directly under our unit including Jack hammering cement starting at 7am each morning. Again, when contacting our host Southern Vacation rentals, nothing was done. Finally, on day four of our vacation, we were having breakfast inside our rental and the walls started to rattle and we discover we weren't able to close our front door. The workers cut a main support beam under our unit which shifted our foundation enough to crack our door frame. This all happened while my family was inside the unit. This finally triggered a Southern employee to come to the unit to inspect. Upon arrival it was decided that our unit shouldn’t have been rented for the week and we were moved to a new property. Beware of renting from Southern Vacation rentals. In our situation, their customer service and care for my family’s safety was majorly lacking.

Perfect cozy place. Right between the beach and bay. Definitely will return.

At arrival late in the evening, we had some issues locating our parking spaces in the dark.. Very loud air condition equipment on balcony next door, cycling on and off all night, preventing us from sleeping in the master bedroom. Mold on the shower wall.

Perfect spot for a weekend getaway- very close to the beach