We really enjoyed our stay here. We cooked every meal the entire week and didnât go out to eat a single time. Kitchen had everything we needed. Comfy beds. TVs in every room. Plenty of space for us to spread out and enjoy the beach.
We loved our stay and thought the house was perfect. Three rooms had comfortable beds, fresh sheets and towels and the house was very clean. The view from the master bedroom was gorgeous and the living room balcony was perfect for breakfast and lunch with a view.
We were very pleased with this rental. It was just like it shows in the pictures. It was clean and they had plenty of items for our family to use down at the beach. I would recommend this unit to others and stay again if possible. Thank you
The rooms were perfect, everything is beautiful and spotless! I have nothing to complain about :) ! Thank you for sharing the condo! It was perfect and quiet and right on the beach! Definitely would go back again!
Had a great stay, place was beautiful and in a great location away from everything, but close enough to travel to both beaches and cities on either side. Peaceful clean and a fully stocked kitchen. Enough room for all of us and enough bathrooms no one had to fight to get in there. Lots of toys in the garage for the family to play with and we even added some for the next guests.
Beach baby is a nicely appointed, spacious vacation home located directly on the beach. Navarre beach is one of the most pristine beaches on the Panhandle, and this home is located right in the middle of the action. The two car garage was one of my husband's favorite amenities, while I thoroughly enjoyed the private balcony in the master bedroom. This is our sixth trip to Navarre beach and we've stayed at several of the condo buildings (which are all nice) but the convenience of not having to wait for the elevator, or share the pool with a ton of people sold us on this property.
only a few complaints: the screen door was secure we had to fix It every day. No good comfortable beach chairs. The upstairs bedroom really needed to be vacuumed.
There were no basic supplies in kitchen. Often a rental has salt, pepper, sugar, coffeee filters... but we had nothing in the cabinets.
On The Beach, Thoughts on Condo Improvements/issues
The location and ease of beach access were great, and overall condo layout was perfect for our family. However, there were issues in the condo (ice maker, repair response good) and it was just not very well equipped with basic items that we are used to seeing in VRBO units. For example, no oven mitts/pads for handling hot dishes. Limited supply of paper items, no salt/pepper, other items that are always available in our experiences. Also, cleanliness was poor. We know sand gets everywhere, but there were stains on rugs, bedspread and the den room carpet was very dirty ash it showed up on a crawling baby with dark feet and knee stains. So that we disappointing to find. (personally, I'd throw that living room rug out and get something without much fluff or nice flat mat.
Working with management folks was great and they were very responsive to any questions or issues we had during our stay.
This was a great place to go spend some beach time with your dogs. I wouldnât rate it as the fanciest of places, but honestly who cares about that when you can bring your best friend?
Great property and location. Only issue was it wasnât cleaned when we checked in. The host immediately sent the cleaning crew over and they did a fantastic job. It was spotless. The host handled the situation perfectly and made everything right for us. They continued to follow up to make sure we were happy. Will definitely stay again.
Wonderful vacation home. Very spacious for larger families! Great view from both balconies. Master room has an amazing view, we saw dolphins almost every morning while drinking coffee out on the balcony. We will definitely stay again!
The place was only surface clean, it needed a good deep cleaning. The carpets were very dirty. It needed more bedding, and one of the beds had dirty sheets we had to wash. there were no screens on the patio doors. Property manager was very good at helping us with everything we needed.
Upon arriving at our rental, we were thrilled with the location. The beach was quite literally steps away and you could hear the waves from the outside decks.
The rental was tastefully decorated and just the right amount of space that we needed for 2 families with a total of 4 kids ranging from 1 year - 12 years old.
Then we ventured through the house.
âąThere was a dirty diaper under one of the beds.
âąThere was condensation leaking from all of the vents.
âąThere was mold growing on the leaking vents.
âąA vinyl plank in the downstairs hallway had moved away from the others and was a dangerous spot for barefoot kids.
âąThe smoke alarm in the âkids roomâ was hanging from the ceiling.
âąA shower later that day revealed that the shower on the first floor wasnât draining properly.
I would like to point out that upon letting management know about the dirty diaper, and requesting a recleaning of the rental, they agreed, however, we visited in the middle of hurricane Ida and having cleaners inside with us while no one could leave didnât seem ideal so we passed on the additional cleaning.
The smoke alarm and shower were addressed on day 2 of our stay.
When the condensation from the vents became a slipping hazard, maintenance came to take a look and assured us that it was âno big dealâ and âjust due to the humidityâ. We made him aware of the mold that we had cleaned from the vents and asked that the message be passed on to management to address cleaning practices better. That was on day 3 of our stay.
By day 4 everyone felt âunder the weatherâ which we attributed to the mold exposure. I must also note, that one child experienced mold exposure symptoms as early as day 2 of our stay, but everyone by day 4. Our two families left on our last day and went to separate states ( TX and KY) and everyone in both places experienced extended effects of mold exposure.
The rental would have received much higher scores from us had we not experienced these bad cleaning practices and adverse effects during and after our stay. We have been home from our trip for almost 6 days now and we are finally feeling better.
I recommend that management/owners look into the âcondensationâ from all of the vents and address the mold inside the vents with a deep and thorough cleaning in all the ducts and the heating/cooling systems. I hope no one else experiences what we did during our stay.
We would stay in this area again, but not in this rental.
Condo was right on beach, short walk from door to board walk to beach. Parking was the only issue. There is a garage but it is very small and tight. The parking places outside barely fit two cars. But the pass thru garage was nice.
The property was well maintained. We enjoyed our stay very much. It was a very short walk to the sand. We were able to bring our golden retriever which was a huge bonus!! Even though he wasnât able to go onto the beach it was nice having him with us. There were plenty of areas to walk him for potty breaks. The beds were quite comfortable. Overall it was a good experience and we would stay here again.
The only complaints I could mention (and itâs all very minor) are:
1. There were multiple black stains on the upper level guest bedroomâs Queen box springs. Not sure what it was but a pest control guy came out to investigate promptly to verify it wasnât of concern. I do hope they will replace or clean the box springs though.
2. The kitchen could have used a few more pots and pans that were in good shape for cooking. There were some but it was kind of a hodge podge of items that made cooking some things a bit difficult. We brought our own grill so we did ok! Also- potholders. There are NONE. So that made things interesting when using the oven.
3. The floors were very sandy when we arrived which is understandable at the beach but I had hoped to start out with floors as free of sand as possible. I was able to sweep and vacuum myself multiple times to keep the floors cleaner but the vacuum is in pretty bad shape and the broom needs replacing as bristles are falling out of it.
Again, overall a great trip and a great place to stay. We would stay again and I would recommend this place to others.
We have managed this Beach Front town home for over 10 years. An impressive upgrade renovation has just been completed in 2020 after feedback from our awesome returning guests.
The unique opportunity to be direct beachfront on Navarre Beach, in a town home with garage, swimming pool, tennis courts, etc. You cannot beat the value of this awesome set up and on a quiet but gorgeous stretch of Navarre Beach.