I will start with the positives:
-The house is beautiful and pretty new. The pictures are accurate, but don't do the view from the house justice.
-The kitchen is large and overall well supplied, which was great because we ate at the house many nights. There is a large pantry, a large fridge, dishwasher (there was detergent there), toaster oven, and coffee maker. The fridge had filtered water, which we drank during our entire stay with no issues.
-The pool area is amazing! The kids/young adults spent a lot of time in and around the pool. The view from the infinity pool is incredible and it is larger than it looks in the picture. We had all 9 of us in the pool, at times, with drinks in our hand enjoying the view.
- The house provides bathroom towels, pool towels, and large beach towels, which was a great perk. The house also has a large washer and dryer, so we would wash towels regularly in the evening
-The pool chairs were comfortable and allowed you to really enjoy the views and sunbathe at the house.
-Each room (including the upstairs bathrooms) has it's own AC unit and a remote to control it. We found that the best way to keep the bedrooms cool, was to keep the doors closed during the day.
-The sliding doors upstairs had screens, which allowed you to enjoy the fresh air and keep the bugs out.
The negatives of the house/area:
- The house has a VERY steep driveway that is scarey the first couple of times down and requires a 3 point turn at the bottom to get to the parking spots. By the end of the trip, we had gotten used to this and you will too.
- Although this isn't the fault of the owners or property managers, but the house that shares a driveway is under construction and currently this construction is pretty loud. The crew started at 7AM each day and worked each day until 6PM (except Sunday). I estimate construction will continue for another 6-9 months, since they do everything by hand.
- The kitchen lacked a few key items - No cutting board (we bought one and left it), no baking sheet
- The WiFi was OK when it worked, but it definitely went in and out most days and several days we had no internet.
Overall, this is an incredible property and I would rent it again. Playa Hermosa is a great, quiet beach with a few restaurants Aquasport was our go to for drinks on the beach and lunch. Ginger and Hacienda Blu were both really good for dinner.