The Good.
Condo was very clean, bed was comfortable, near local Bradenton Beach activities, walkout to the beach, hose and outdoor shower in front of the condo, reserved parking spot, good communication process from property management company, AMI.
The Bad.
No basic non-perishable items in the kitchen…coffee filters, salt/pepper, sugar, ..… one dishwasher pod for 4 day visit, no pods or detergent for washing machine - all things most guests would use with extra to leave upon departing. If you drive in you can bring this stuff, but if you fly in you have to buy much more than you can use and you can’t take it home. What WAS there? VERY cheap paper towels, cheap toilet paper and very thin kitchen garbage bags. Toilet is not anchored securely; rocks side to side. You are not renting directly from the owner.
The Ugly.
No communication from owner prior to our arrival about a crew refinishing concrete and laying epoxy on all outside concrete walkway areas from 8/3 thru 8/5. We arrived @ 4PM on 8/2. The next morning promptly @ 8AM a crew arrived and started prepping the 1st floor concrete walkway with a concrete grinder that resonated through the entire ground floor slab and plumbing. It was like thunder in our condo. So much for sleeping in. The crew took all day 8/3 and ½ day 8/4 to epoxy the 1st floor. They then started on the 2nd floor the 2nd part of the day on 8/4 and returned 8/5 to finish the 2nd floor. On 8/3, we were told not to walk on the concrete for 3 ½ hours during the process. We were out of the condo from 9 – 2p. Other than smell and walking around a crew, a noisy generator was setup directly in front of our condo and used off/on all day both on 8/3 and 8/4. On 8/5 the generator was moved slightly away from our condo but the noise level did not change. Another inconvenience.... we had no patio furniture upon arriving but learned we should have furniture from an owner neighbor late on 8/3. The neighbor graciously offered to locate the patio furniture which we then cleaned and setup in front of the condo. Other neighbors were also shocked to discover we were not informed (as they were) about the job prior to arrival since it had been scheduled for some time.
During this entire process I was in contact with AMI. I immediately inquired why we were not informed (weeks before our arrival) by the owner about the job with the option to cancel and 100% refund. AMI apologized and said they w