Property management:
The house is managed by a local rental agency that will accept your reservation and payments, provide you with keys and your first 5 gallons of drinking water. They will help you with any maintenance issues, local information, and will provide additional cleaning services if desired. Linen is provided. Towels and tea towels are not provided, please bring your own.
Staying in a green home:
This home (like all in Playa Encanto) is off the grid. Power comes from the sun and wind, harvested by solar panels and wind turbines, while water comes from a state of the art desalination plant. Power is stored by a large bank of batteries which keeps everything in the house running. There is also a generator, soundproofed in a separate room, which comes on automatically if the central AC is turned on, or the batteries do run low. Even though the house is off the grid, you'll find it very similar to your own home, except that high efficiency appliances and light bulbs are used throughout. It is a pleasant surprise to find how normal living off the grid can feel, and most renters are able to live within the carbon footprint of the house without having the generator on, except when the AC is used.
Restrictions:
The Playa Encanto neighborhood association ordinances forbid the use of fireworks, camping and bonfires directly on the sand, the provided fire bowl should be used instead.
Other Activities:
boat rides, sunset cruises, kayaking, aquarium, Pinacate Biosphere Reserve (volcanic craters)