Maija

Reviews

20 total reviews

20 reviews

4.60

2017–2026

Hosting since 2017

20 reviews

2BR Cabaña in Placencia

Kathryn

Excellent, 5 months ago

We loved our stay at Kitty’s Place. It was perfect for myself, husband, 5 year old, and father. We rented a car so we could take day trips here and there, and the house had everything we needed to feel right at home with the benefit of a gorgeous private location with sunrises over the water. Highly recommend if you have the chance to stay in Placencia! We loved the bookshelves filled with natural history books, cultural heritage, and fiction.

Host Response

Thank you for your 5-star review and for staying with us! We look forward to welcoming you back to Belize for another great stay. So happy you enjoyed the books, we love sharing the beuti of Belize.

We enjoyed our stay at Kitty’s and found everything we needed. We found the kitchen well equipped and were able to easily make a few meals during our stay. The view from the deck and being right on the beach was lovely. We watched the birds and squirrels in the trees and listened to the waves. The house is definitely dated and could use some updating. The furniture is ok but not really comfortable. The kitchen table has wood splintering off in parts. The outdoor furniture needs replacing. There are 4 plastic chairs and an old plastic table on the deck which were ok, but not very comfortable. For beach loungers, there were three of them, all of which were broken and very old. We made due, but I would highly recommend replacing the loungers so guests can enjoy the beach comfortably. Also, there is a caretaker who lives in the lower level of the house. We were not bothered by this but he is there much of the time. Overall we very much enjoyed our stay.

Host Response

Thank you very much for taking the time to share such a detailed review. We’re delighted to hear that you enjoyed your stay at Kitty’s, especially the beachfront setting, peaceful views, and the opportunity to relax while watching nature and listening to the waves. We’re also glad the kitchen met your needs and allowed you to prepare meals comfortably. We truly appreciate your honest feedback regarding the furnishings and outdoor furniture. Your comments are very helpful, and we have shared them with the owners as they plan future updates and improvements to enhance guest comfort. Thank you as well for noting the on-site caretaker. He is there to help maintain the property and assist if needed, while respecting guests’ privacy. We’re happy to know that, overall, you very much enjoyed your stay, and we would love the opportunity to welcome you back again in the future.

Kitty’s Beach house had hard to find amenities and was priced well below comparable places. The best kitchen we saw, a great deep bath tub and separate shower with endless hot water (unheard of). Laundry on site. Walkable to other resorts/restaurants, minutes from airport, secluded, spacious, second floor and seas winds made for no mosquitos (we were worried). Plenty of spaces to spread out inside and outside (important for my teen). We will be back!

The owner has obviously kept its upkeeping to a minimum. During the first week of our arrival, we had to clean the floors and the shower (water was running grey when washing); contacted the concierge to fix a toilet and a plugged up sink and buy a few basic tools for the kitchen to be able to cook. Note that you are renting the upper floor of the house. The ground floor is rented to someone who has people over all the time. This information is important to know since the walls are paper thin. You will have no privacy. We could hear the people downstairs as they cooked, went to the bathroom, take a shower, speak, sneeze and even hear what they were listening to on their mobile and understand clearly the other person over their phone as they FaceTimed. The spot of the house is perfect and it was wonderful to have the beach practically to ourselves. Also, when you contact the Concierge service through Airbnb, you will always have a very prompt response, which we greatly appreciated.

Host Response

Hi Martin. Thanks for taking the time to review our place. Just to clarify, the downstairs is not rented, but rather the grounds man stays there. Sorry there was noise, we have already talked and not allowed any other people while guests are there. Glad you enjoyed our spot in Paradise as do all our guests.

Easy in person check in & host gave local recommendations. We had a slight issue with the Wi-Fi and it was taken care of immediately. Lovely breeze off the ocean to sit on the porch or lay in the hammock. We opened the doors/windows and the breeze kept the house cool. We drove to and were able to park easily to enjoy the restaurants nearby. The man the maintains the property lives on the bottom level and was very kind and assisted us in trying a coconut water right from the tree. We reserved a private boat from that host recommended they picked us up right in front of the house in the boat and we had a fabulous day snorkeling and relaxing at Moho. I highly recommend this. We also tried Hobb’s Brewing Company and enjoyed the beer and atmosphere there. We swam and waded in the water right in front of the house and enjoyed the sunrise each morning. We loved “the shack” for breakfast especially their smoothies. Grocery/pharmacy nearby.

It was nice to have a private house right on the beach but the sand flies were so bad we couldn't sit outside and enjoy our view. I used bug spray and pants and long sleeve shirt but we still got bites. It would have been much nicer if they would have raked up the seaweed and garbage on their beautiful private beach. The house and furniture haven't been updated in many years and the outdoor lawn chairs were all dusty. There was a terrible dead mice/garbage odor coming from an open garbage shoot door in one of the bathrooms. I complained and someone came over that day and closed it up but I could still the odor just not as bad. I didn't have AC in my bedroom and I couldn't open the windows and it was very hot and stuffy. I forgot to complain about that until before our last night and someone came over and got that fixed so that was good. Zun, the concierge, was very good in helping to get the problems fixed.

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