We really liked this house. It was new, well appointed, close to the beach and had a nice 3 car garage. What we didn’t expect was the Bonita Hotel right across the street. Those views weren’t disclosed in the rental profile.
You open the drapes in the main living room and/or main bedroom upstairs and there it is, 60 rooms with balconies looking right at you. Unfortunately, we had to keep the drapes closed 24/7 to get any privacy. Which was disappointing at best. This is not an inexpensive house and we feel anyone who rents for the week should be given full disclosure. Part of the rental agreement was that we wouldn’t hang towels or clothes on the outside balcony but, that wasn’t shared by the Bonita.
At about 8PM, the Bonita Hotel lights up like a Christmas festival. Every room has an outside light that automatically comes on. Then, in the morning when you want to go out on the deck and enjoy the outside world, you’re looking at 60 rooms that are looking back at you. And, although you can look right and see the bay and look left and see the ocean, you have to look straight less than 20 feet to 60 less than adoring rooms with occupants who come out to smoke in the parking lot in their jammies.
Oh, and finally, the trash truck shows up every morning around 7AM to empty the Bonita’s dumpsters. You get the pounding iron on asphalt and the backup warning beep to jolt you awake.
We hope this helps the next occupants make an informed decision.