When we arrived at Abrico apartments and were big shown around by Eileen, I have to be honest, our hearts sank! This apartment has does not appear to be have been ‘newly renovated’ as advertised!
For a start, the door on the 3rd bedroom locks automatically, Eileen did warn us about this but I misunderstood what she had said and closed the door behind me one day to find it had locked. We spent a frantic 20 minutes trying to pick the lock when we found a key on the light switch in the 2nd bedroom which unlocked it. This has all sorts of safety implications that I’m sure I don’t need to explain
There were dirty marks all over every wall in the property, broken furniture, dirty curtains and voiles, there were stains on the bed covers in the 2nd bedroom and everything just generally looked and smelt unclean and seemed old
There was no wardrobe in the main bedroom, which wasn’t so much a problem for us as we used the wardrobes in the other rooms but if the other two rooms were being used that would not have been possibly
The top of the toilet in the en-suite had been broken in several places at some point and glued together which looked really shabby, the toilet roll holder was broken and the tap was really loose
The main bathroom looked dirty and old.
The kitchen looked like the only part of the apartment which could possibly have been renovated but in my opinion this would have been some years ago. There was no hot water available in the kitchen sink and the utility area looked really dirty. I intended to do more cooking than I did as I couldn’t face using the facilities. One evening we were greeted with a cockroach on the kitchen floor, which scurried behind the units when we appeared. Whilst I realise cockroaches are unavoidable in hotter climates it was just another thing to add to our list of disappointment
The patio area was reasonably nice, although the furniture was a bit dated and there was a broken light on the veranda
This property did have a few good points. A good location, there was good water pressure for the showers, a good hairdryer provided, good air conditioning in the main bedroom, a nice pool area, English plug sockets had been fitted throughout which was of benefit to us being from the UK, there was always parking in a shady spot available and it was in a good location
Whilst we understand this property was cheap and we were not expecting 5 star luxury, we were expecting clean and furniture and fitting that weren’t broke