Buses and Boom Boom Boom in the Bedroom
Review Submitted: December 22, 2008
Date of Stay: August 2008
What they do not tell you in the rental detail is that this property sits jammed in between two restaurants, right on the main road which is no longer a quaint coastal road but a principal road for all south coast traffic, and right in front of a karaoke bar! They also do not tell you that not all of the bedrooms are air-conditioned. I was made aware of this fact only after explicitly asking them and they assured me that all would be done to get it air conditioned in time for my arrival. This was not the case. It was impossible to use the un-air-conditioned bedroom as the equivalent would be to set out a sleeping bag on the floor of the kitchen of an Italian restaurant during peak hours and try to sleep. About the noise; the noise was so loud and constant, day and night! From early in the morning you are woken up by the screeching of breaks and incessant honking of horns coming from the main road right outside the master bedroom. During the day steady music from the restaurants in the area and at night…if it's Thursday night you're in for a surprise...Karaoke in your bedroom (that's really how loud it is) until 4.00am. Friday, Saturday and Sunday and Wednesday the noise is provided by Jumbie's, another bar/club (most bars/clubs in B'dos are open air) again until 4.00am. If you're lucky like us to be there during public holidays, you won't even get Monday off! Other than that the villa is charming. There was a general lack of light particularly in the "living room" making reading difficult. The keys, burglar proofing and numerous padlocks were very tedious. I understand that safety is of increasing concern but the system they've put into place entails at least 8 different padlocks and three bunches of keys - difficult to slip into a swim suit pocket. Oh, they also did not get my arrival date correct and upon arrival the villa was not at all ready. What luck that I arrived while the house keeper was there otherwise I would have been locked out until the following day. This villa was chosen for 3 criteria: fully air conditioned 3 bedrooms and beach front. Of the 3 criteria, only 1 was valid. After failed negotiations with the manager, we left after 6 very difficult nights. We relocated at our cost as they were unable to offer anything that offered the same 3 criteria. The token refund given and general bad feeling still leaves me so terribly disappointed. I would not recommend this villa to anyone!
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