Florida Family Retreat

Property was disgusting. Abandoned, garage open with trash. Old vehicle and trailer blocking driveway. As soon as you walk in house you smell the dirty abandoned smell. No cleaning, dirty home. Leaks on walls. Undone beds with hairs and stains, possibly bugs. Holes, BIG holes in the house. Dead animal on door. Trash in restrooms with toilet paper!!! This place is dirty, unsafe, and not habitable to stay in. Complete rip off and scam. We ended up leaving right after walking in for the sake of our children. Property owner will laugh in your face when called and refuse a refund and VRBO will not do ANYTHING about it. If I could post pictures to show I am not exaggerating at all I would. PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF YOUR HARD WORKING MONEY and STAY AWAY. Worst experience ever.

Good communication with they owner

Home listed as 4 bedroom house, but only 3 bedrooms in actual. No good cleanliness. Found lot of cockroaches at kitchen and other places

Before we arrived at the property I was called by the owner, he stated that the garbage disposal was broken and one of the rooms that had a bed in it was locked accidentally, he couldn't find the key. He stated that the house cleaners were coming, and a handy man would be coming to fix the disposal and “break into” the locked bedroom so that we would have a place for all 8 of us to sleep. Three adults and 5 children, he was made aware of that. When we arrived, the handy man had not come, and the door still had not been unlocked. I called the owner he said he would call and make sure that the handy man would be at the house soon. We did not stay at the house, nor did we inspect it. We left to take the kids to the beach. Five hours later when we returned the handy man had not come and the door to the bedroom still was locked. When I called the property owner again, he stated that the handy man would not be coming and that we were just going to have to make do with what we had. Upon inspection of the made beds, we found bugs under the sheets and on pillows, mold on the comforters and dirty showers. The health and safety of our children were priority we did not stay. We were forced to drive late at night to find a hotel to sleep all 8 of us. When I informed the owner we would not be staying at the house, he proceeded to send me messages well into the night via the Vrbo app. Vrbo did not and will not issue a refund and neither will the property owner.

It was fairly priced considering I was in town for Memorial Day. It’s a short drive to the beach, and provided plenty of space for my family to sleep.

I will never use vrbo agen the do not stand behind the gest at all and takes forever to get help on the phone

Great neighborhood and area to stay in not far from anything. Definitely worth staying again.

The smell of cigarette smoke is overwhelming! We booked this as a last min option because we had additional family that wanted to join our trip that our condo could not accommodate(we split up half the family in the condo half in this house). The house was disgusting! We arrived around 5:30 and the cleaning lady was still there along with a shirtless man laying on the couch. She told us to come back in an hour that they had just had a party and were not done cleaning yet. An hour later still not ready and she told us to just put the sheets on the beds ourself. They have attempted to turn the garage into a bedroom but it does not get any AC they literally have a box fan on the floor. The towels are nasty, the fridge and counter tops have old spilled food and crud on them. The house is just gross. The half if the family that was staying in the house left early because it was just so nasty. The owner is responsive but does not give you any information. I had to text him and ask about the code the get into the house, what the check in/out procedures are. He did offer to bring a new AC filter when complaining about the smell of cigarettes but it would not have done any good. DO NOT RENT THIS PLACE!

It took me a while to check in due to cleaning but the house was very good. Excellent I recommend it I had no problem.

The host was helpful with recommendations and he fixed a couple things after I mentioned it, and let me know when he’d be by for that and furniture delivery also. Family friendly for my kids and I. Quiet neighborhood and just a short 10 minute drive from the best beach in Florida!

Although the house is a bit dated and needs a few minor repairs, the homeowner is very personable and will respond immediately. We had an awesome time on our vacation. My Mom is 83 and has dementia/Alzheimer's. Her sister's stayed with us. They are 86 and 89. It was a wonderful trip. Sadly, it will be the last.