Maria Paula

Luxury Mediterranean Villa steps from the beach - Houses for Rent in Playa Langosta, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

Family friendly Luxury Villa in Playa Langosta - Villas for Rent in Playa Langosta, Provincia de Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Playa Langosta

This is our home and for this reason guests get access to things that are not normally available in vacation rentals. We advertise it as a family friendly home- we offer guests toys, children’s books, pool toys, bike, scooter, craft stuff, board games, gates for stairs, high chair, crib… things that if you have children you will appreciate. Now, all this is stored throughout the house where things live (in drawers, baskets, cabinets, etc). We don’t leave clutter on the surfaces and we also remove all our personal stuff like clothes, bathroom things, nightstands, groceries, etc. Because we live here, in the kitchen you will find all kinds of cooking utensils and a drawer with spices, unlike some vacation rentals that have the absolute basic things. <br/>When we arrived home after this booking we also noticed the smell these guests mention, it was coming from the water in the shower. This is not something that had ever happened before. A plumber came to check and he said this was not a situation of just this house but because it was super high season (easter) and there was water shortage in the area, the water that was coming from the water company was from the bottom of the tanks and was coming in smelly.  After a few days the water returned to normal. In other high seasons this has not happened so I’m unsure what this was about. In the kitchen we have reverse osmosis filters for cooking and drinking so it was upstairs that the water was smelly. <br/>Since the time the photos were taken we have done work to the house so I agree that the photos don’t show everything accurately. For example, we worked on the bathrooms and now they are way more modern and nice. The AC units are not old, they have all been replaced within the last 4 years and depending on the setting you have them on and the fan intensity they will be louder or quieter. The curtain rod had been fine for 5 years and the fact that it fell for them is unfortunate but it’s not because of bad quality or lack of maintenance, random things like this can happen in any house.<br/>We feel disappointed that these guests found our home didn’t meet their standards. We live in a beautiful part of the world and when we travel we choose to share it with other families. We proud ourselves for having a nice home and we do our best to keep it in good shape, clean and welcoming for our guests. We have a 4.82 star rating on Airbnb  (even after their bad review) and we appear as a “guest favorite” so for these guests to say that with this review they are echoing what other guests have said is simply unfair and untrue. We encourage potential guests to actually read through all our other glowing reviews before making up their minds.

The neighbors were throwing a party and I messaged the police for noise control, not because I didn’t think my guests were not safe. The neighbors yelled from inside their house rude comments after asked to turn the music off, clearly drunk and disappointed that the party had ended but my guests got so scared, they decided to leave and not return for the rest of their 4 day stay. The issue was a loud party with drunk visitors (they don’t live in that house, they were visiting from Canana), not a safety issue. This had never happened before and the next day we got an apology from the owner of the house next door. It’s disappointing that this situation resulted in my guests not being able to complete their stay and enjoy their vacations.