We looked for many houses in Orlando for our family trip and we chose this one basically because of the open space in the pool. We were thinking about barbecues while enjoying the pool after we’d returned from the parks. However, when we got there, the pool was Green (dirty). Someone came to clean it up and it changed color but the sand at the bottom remained. It also had plastics and broken inflatable toys all thrown around the pool, and don’t get me started on the fact that the cushions from the long chairs around the pool were scattered in the floor as if no one bothered to clean anything before our arrival.
Under the patio furniture, we found used mosquito coils on the floor. The worst part was the safety fence dividing the table and the pool. We don’t have small children, and we wouldn’t have chosen this house if we had seen that fence on the pictures. Because of it, there was way too little space on the table side, so that when it rained all the drops bounced on the cushions (wetting everything) and even on the glass door. Basically, when it rained (which is almost always in Florida right now) we couldn’t go outside. To top it all, the grill didn’t even work. We suspect someone tried to cook with charcoal in a gas grill. It was broken and was unsafe to operate. We had to clean out all the ashes. Seeing this, we mostly used the kitchen to cook. The microwave never worked, the oven does not heat evenly, there weren’t enough pots or utensils to cook with, the skillets were way too small, the only big pot there was didn’t even have a lid, there was a big lid but no pot or skillet to use it with. You would think that for a place housing 12 people, it would have enough cutlery. No such luck. Some lights (inside and outside) didn’t work and were only replaced after we’d asked for it. But not really care to check all just a few. The house is big and spacious, but it’s quite obvious that no one’s ever lived in it (or, apparently, the owner has never set foot in it). The closets are big but with way too little hangers, the sheets in the master bedroom are in a very poor state, the furniture, in general, is very scratched, dirty and stained, the nightstand lamps didn’t work (and it wasn’t a light bulb problem, more like a switch problem). There are so many maintenance issues in this property, even in the bathrooms, that we believe it should not be rented unless it goes through a complete assessment.
